THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 2A - REGISTERING A COMPANY

PART 2A.1 - WHAT COMPANIES CAN BE REGISTERED

SECTION 112   TYPES OF COMPANIES  

112(1)  Types of companies.  

The following types of companies can be registered under this Law:

+-----------------------+-----------------------------+
| Proprietary companies | Limited by shares           |
|                       +-----------------------------|
|                       | Unlimited with share capital|
|-----------------------+-----------------------------|
| Public companies      | Limited by shares           |
|                       +-----------------------------|
|                       | Limited by guarantee        |
|                       +-----------------------------|
|                       | Unlimited with share capital|
|                       +-----------------------------|
|                       | No liability company        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------+
          

Note:

Other types of companies that were previously allowed continue to exist under section 1413.

112(2)  No liability companies.  

A company may be registered as a no liability company only if:

(a)  the company has a share capital; and

(b)  the company's constitution states that its sole objects are mining purposes; and

(c)  the company has no contractual right under its constitution to recover calls made on its shares from a shareholder who fails to pay them.

Note 1:

Section 9 defines mining purposes and minerals .

Note 2:

Special provisions on no liability companies are found in the sections referred to in the following table:

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No liability company provisions                        
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item     topic              sections                   
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1        names              148, 156, 162              
                                                       
2        terms of issue     254B                       
         of shares                                     
                                                       
3        liability on       254M                       
         partly-paid                                   
         shares                                        
                                                       
4        calls              254P-254R                  
                                                       
5        winding up         477-478, 483, 514          
                                                       
6        registering        610BA                      
         a body as                                     
         a company                                     
                                                       
7       transitional        1413                       
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112(3)  [Mining purposes]  

A no liability company must not engage in activities that are outside its mining purposes objects.

112(4)  [Letting or contract]  

The directors of a no liability company must not:

(a)  let the whole or proportion of a mine or claim on tribute; or

(b)  make any contract for working any land on tribute;

unless:

(c)  the letting or contract is approved by a special resolution; or

(d)  no such letting or contract has been made within the period of 2 years immediately preceding the proposed letting or contract.

112(5)  [Invalidity]  

An act or transaction is not invalid merely because of a contravention of subsection (3) or (4).