Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:89:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 89 (pt 3/12)
Character Range: 148844–151851

corporation is a registered native title body corporate.
 (6) The corporation must meet the requirements at all times after registration.
Note 1: An application for registration of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation may not be successful unless the corporation, on registration, is complying with the requirements (see section 29‑20).
Note 2: If an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is making a change to its constitution and the Registrar is of the opinion that the corporation's internal governance rules, after the change, would not comply with the internal governance rules requirements, the Registrar may refuse to register the change (see section 69‑30).

66‑5  Meaning of cover the matters provided for in the replaceable rules

If all replaceable rules apply or all are replaced
 (1) The internal governance rules of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation cover the matters provided for in the replaceable rules if:
 (a) all of the replaceable rules apply to the corporation; or
 (b) none of the replaceable rules apply to the corporation and the corporation's constitution covers all of the matters provided for in the replaceable rules.

If some replaceable rules apply and some are modified or replaced
 (2) The internal governance rules of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation also cover the matters provided for in the replaceable rules if:
 (a) some of the replaceable rules apply to the corporation; and
 (b) the corporation's constitution provides for the matters covered by the replaceable rules that the corporation has modified or replaced.

Corporation may also have other rules unrelated to the replaceable rules in its constitution
 (3) To avoid doubt, and subject to the internal governance rules requirements, nothing in this Part precludes the constitution of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation providing for a matter that is in addition to those matters provided for in the replaceable rules.

Regulations may modify section
 (4) The regulations may modify this section.
 (5) Without limiting subsection (4), the regulations may provide for further situations in which the internal governance rules of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation cover the matters provided for in the replaceable rules.

Division 69—Constitutions and amendment and replacement of constitutions

Subdivision 69‑A—Constitution on registration

69‑1  Constitution of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation
 (1) The constitution of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is the constitution that is registered in respect of the corporation.
Note: 75% of the persons specified in the application for registration as persons who consent to become members must approve the constitution before the application for registration is lodged (see section 29‑15).
 (2) A constitution is an instrument (other than this Act):
 (a) constituting, or defining the constitution of, an Aboriginal and