Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00800:section:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7
Character Range: 4563–6197

7  Law applied in place of incorporation applicable law in determining questions relating to status of foreign corporation etc.
 (1) The section applies in relation to the determination of a question arising under Australian law (including a question arising in a proceeding in an Australian court) where it is necessary to determine the question by reference to a system of law other than Australian law.
 (2) Any question relating to whether a body or person has been validly incorporated in a place outside Australia is to be determined by reference to the law applied by the people in that place.
 (3) Any question relating to:
 (a) the status of a foreign corporation (including its identity as a legal entity and its legal capacity and powers); or
 (b) the membership of a foreign corporation; or
 (c) the shareholders of a foreign corporation having a share capital; or
 (d) the officers of a foreign corporation; or
 (e) the rights and liabilities of the members or officers of a foreign corporation, or the shareholders of a foreign corporation having a share capital, in relation to the corporation; or
 (f) the existence, nature or extent of any other interest in a foreign corporation; or
 (g) the internal management and proceedings of a foreign corporation; or
 (h) the validity of a foreign corporation's dealings otherwise than with outsiders;
is to be determined by reference to the law applied by the people in the place in which the foreign corporation was incorporated.
 (4) A matter mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) is not to be taken, by implication, to limit any other matter mentioned in those subsections.