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contact person; or
 (b) the Registrar otherwise becomes aware that the corporation or contact person has a new address.
Note: This subsection also applies to a director's address that has become the corporation's registered office under section 112‑10 and to a director who has become a contact person under section 257‑25.

Chapter 4—Members and observers

Part 4‑1—Introduction

Division 130—Introduction

130‑1  What this Chapter is about
      This Chapter deals with membership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations (Part 4‑2), observers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations (Part 4‑3), members' rights (Part 4‑4) and the register of members and the register of former members (Part 4‑5).

Part 4‑2—Members

Division 135—Introduction

135‑1  What this Part is about

      This Part deals with membership of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
      Division 138 deals with the meaning of member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
      Subdivision 141‑B deals with various rules that are imposed on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation concerning membership.
      Subdivision 141‑C imposes 1 eligibility requirement for membership but a corporation may impose other such requirements. A registered native title body corporate must include particular eligibility requirements relating to common law holders.
      Division 144 deals with how a person becomes a member.
      Division 147 deals with member obligations.
      Division 150 deals with how a person ceases to be member.
      Division 153 provides for different classes of members.

Division 138—Who is a member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation?

138‑1  Meaning of member
 (1) A person is a member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation if the person:
 (a) is a member of the corporation on its registration; or
 (b) agrees to become a member of the corporation after its registration and the person's name is entered on the register of members.
Note: Section 180‑5 requires the corporation to enter the names and addresses of all of its members on the register of members.
 (2) A person referred to in paragraph (1)(b) becomes a member when the person's name is entered on the register of members.
Note: Under section 42‑10, a person who is specified in the application for registration of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation as a member of the corporation becomes a member on registration of the corporation.

Division 141—Membership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations

Subdivision 141‑A—Introduction

141‑1  Overview
 (1) There are ongoing requirements relating to the membership of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that are imposed on the corporation (see Subdivision 141‑B).
 (2) These requirements have implications for the eligibility of persons for membership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations (see section 141‑20).
 (3) In addition, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation