Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p47
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 47/175)
Character Range: 289703–292386

signed or authenticated or a certified copy of the authority.

Documents received following adjournment of meeting
 (2) If a meeting of the corporation's members has been adjourned, an appointment and any authority received by the corporation at least 48 hours before the resumption of the meeting are effective for the resumed part of the meeting.

Constitution or notice of meeting may provide for different notification period
 (3) The corporation's constitution or the notice of meeting may reduce the period of 48 hours referred to in subsection (1) or (2).

201‑110  Body corporate representative
 (1) A body corporate may appoint an individual as a representative to exercise all or any of the powers the body corporate may exercise:
 (a) at meetings of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation's members; or
 (b) at meetings of creditors; or
 (c) relating to resolutions to be passed without meetings; or
 (d) in the capacity of a member's proxy appointed under section 201‑90.
The appointment may be a standing one.
 (2) The appointment may set out restrictions on the representative's powers. If the appointment is to be by reference to a position held, the appointment must identify the position.
 (3) A body corporate may appoint more than 1 representative but only 1 representative may exercise the body's powers at any one time.
 (4) Unless otherwise specified in the appointment, the representative may exercise, on the body corporate's behalf, all of the powers that the body could exercise at a meeting or in voting on a resolution.
Note: For resolutions of members without meetings, see Division 204.

Subdivision 201‑F—Voting at general meetings

201‑115  How many votes a member has (replaceable rule—see section 60‑1)
 (1) At a general meeting, each member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation has 1 vote, both on a show of hands and a poll.

Chair's casting vote
 (2) The chair has a casting vote, and also, if he or she is a member, any vote he or she has as a member.
Note 1: The chair may be precluded from voting, for example, by a conflict of interest.
Note 2: For rights to appoint proxies, see section 201‑90.

201‑120  Objections to right to vote (replaceable rule—see section 60‑1)
  A challenge to a right to vote at a general meeting:
 (a) may only be made at the meeting; and
 (b) must be determined by the chair, whose decision is final.

201‑125  How voting is carried out (replaceable rule—see section 60‑1)
 (1) A resolution put to the vote at a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded.
 (2) Before a vote is taken the chair must inform the meeting whether any proxy votes have