Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04041:section:1990:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04041
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1990 (pt 8/212)
Character Range: 25203–27960

a law of a State binds the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, of the Capital Territory or of Norfolk Island, the Crown in that right is subject to that provision despite any prerogative right or privilege.

"PART 5—POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATIONS LAW

Interpretation

  "21. (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

'prescribed' means prescribed by the regulations;

'the Law' means the Corporations Law of the Capital Territory;

'the regulations' means the regulations made under section 22.

"(2) An expression has in this Part the meaning it would have if this Part were in Chapter 9 of the Law.

The Corporations Regulations

"22. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act or the Law, prescribing matters:

     (a) required or permitted by the Law to be prescribed by regulations within the meaning of the Law; or

     (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed by such regulations for carrying out or giving effect to the Law;

and, in particular, may make regulations:

     (c) for or in relation to the keeping of registers by the Commission, the lodging of documents with the Commission, the registration of documents by the Commission, the time and manner of lodging or registration, and the requirements with which documents lodged or to be lodged are to comply; and

     (d) prescribing forms for the purposes of the Law and the method of verifying any information required by or in those forms; and

     (e) prescribing the manner in which, the persons by whom, and the directions or requirements in accordance with which, the forms prescribed for the purposes of the Law, or any of them, are required or permitted to be signed, prepared, or completed, and generally regulating the signing, preparation and completion of those forms, or any of them; and

     (f) for or in relation to the convening of, conduct of, and procedure and voting at, meetings of creditors, meetings of contributories and meetings of holders of debentures, and joint meetings of

   creditors and members of companies, the number of persons required to constitute a quorum at any such meeting, the sending of notices of meetings to persons entitled to attend at meetings, the lodging of copies of notices of, and of resolutions passed at, meetings, and generally regulating the conduct of, and procedure at, any such meeting; and

  (g) prescribing the persons by whom, and the circumstances and manner in which, proxies may be appointed and generally regulating the appointment and powers of proxies; and

  (h) for or in relation to the proving of debts in the winding up of a company, the manner of proving debts and the time within which debts are required or permitted to