Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p144
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 144/175)
Character Range: 535868–538437

may destroy or dispose of lodged documents
 (1) The Registrar may destroy or dispose of any document relating to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation (other than the constitution or a document affecting the corporation's constitution) if:
 (a) the Registrar is of the opinion that it is no longer necessary or desirable to retain the document; and
 (b) the document was lodged more than 15 years before or has been registered for 15 years or longer.
 (2) The Registrar may also destroy or dispose of a document if:
 (a) the Registrar is of the opinion that it is no longer necessary or desirable to retain the document; and
 (b) an image of the document has been incorporated with a register kept by the Registrar.

Division 410—Courts power if documents not lodged

410‑1  Court may make certain orders
 (1) If:
 (a) an individual fails to comply with a requirement to which subsection (7) applies; and
 (b) the individual does not comply within 14 days after the service on the person of a notice requiring the requirement to be done; and
 (c) the Registrar applies to a court;
the court may make an order directing the individual to comply with the requirement within the time specified in the order.
 (2) If:
 (a) a body corporate fails to comply with a requirement to which subsection (7) applies; and
 (b) the body corporate does not comply within 14 days after the service on the body, or any officer of the body, of a notice requiring the requirement to be done; and
 (c) the Registrar or any member or creditor of the body applies to a court;
the court may make an order directing the body, or any officer of the body, to comply with the requirement within the time specified in the order.
 (3) An order under subsection (1) or (2) may provide that all costs of and incidental to the application are to be borne by the individual or the body or by any officers of the body responsible for the non‑compliance (as the case may be).
 (4) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes an order made under subsection (1) or (2).
Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
 (5) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (6) Nothing in this Part or Part 9‑3 (dealing with registers) prejudices the operation of any law imposing penalties on an individual or a body or its officers in respect of a failure to comply with a relevant requirement.
 (7) This subsection applies to the following:
 (a) a requirement under any