Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 7/175)
Character Range: 188953–191798

a document on its behalf also has authority to warrant that the document is genuine or is a true copy.
 (9) Without limiting the generality of this section, the assumptions that may be made under this section apply for the purposes of this section.

104‑10  Information available to the public from Registrar does not constitute constructive notice
  A person is not taken to have information about an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation merely because the information is available to the public from the Registrar.

Part 3‑7—Registered office or document access address

Division 109—Introduction

109‑1  What this Part is about
      This Part deals with:

                (a) the registered office of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that is registered as a large corporation; and
                (b) the document access address of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that is registered as a small or medium corporation.

Division 112—Registered office

112‑1  General

Application of Division
 (1) This Division applies to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation if it is registered as a large corporation.

Small and medium corporations not to have registered office
 (2) An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that is registered as a small or medium corporation must not have a registered office.

112‑5  Corporation to have registered office
 (1) An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that is registered as a large corporation must have a registered office in Australia.
Note: A document may be served on a large corporation by leaving it at, or posting it to, the corporation's registered office (see section 120‑1).
 (2) If the corporation has one or more places of business in Australia, one of those places must be its registered office.
 (3) The corporation must lodge notice of a change of address of its registered office with the Registrar not later than 28 days after the date on which the change occurs.
Note: If the corporation is not to be the occupier of premises at the address of its new registered office, the notice must state that the occupier has consented to the address being specified in the notice and has not withdrawn that consent (see section 112‑20).
 (4) A notice of change of address takes effect when the changed address is included on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations.
 (5) The corporation commits an offence if the corporation does not have a registered office in Australia.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (6) The corporation commits an offence if:
 (a) the corporation has one or more places of business in Australia; and
 (b) one of those places of business is not the corporation's registered office.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (7) The corporation commits an offence if:
 (a) the