Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p65
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 65/175)
Character Range: 335432–338226

an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

257‑20  How a secretary or contact person is appointed
  A secretary or contact person is to be appointed by the directors.
Note: An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must notify the Registrar of the appointment within 28 days (see subsection 304‑5(1)).

257‑25  Director to be contact person in certain circumstances
 (1) If the Registrar has not been able to contact the contact person of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation for a period of 28 days or longer, the Registrar may determine, by notice in writing given to the corporation:
 (a) that the person who is not contactable ceases to be the contact person from the date specified in the determination; and
 (b) that the new contact person of the corporation is the director specified in the determination; and
 (c) that the new contact person's appointment takes effect from the date the person's name is entered on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations as contact person of the corporation.
 (2) A notice under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

257‑30  Contact person must pass on communications received
  A person commits an offence if:
 (a) either:
 (i) the person has been appointed with his or her consent as contact person of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or
 (ii) the person was determined to be the contact person of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation under section 257‑25; and
 (b) while the person is entered on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations as the contact person of the corporation the person receives a communication for the corporation; and
 (c) the person fails to pass the communication on to at least one of directors of the corporation within 14 days after receiving the communication.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.

257‑35  Secretary must pass on communications received
  A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person has been appointed with his or her consent to be the secretary of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; and
 (b) while the person is entered on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations as the secretary of the corporation the person receives a communication for the corporation; and
 (c) the person fails to pass the communication on to at least one of directors of the corporation within 14 days after receiving the communication.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.

257‑40  Effectiveness of acts by secretaries
 (1) An act done by a secretary is effective even if his or her appointment, or the continuance of his or her appointment, is invalid because the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or