CORPORATIONS ACT 2001

CHAPTER 6 - TAKEOVERS  

SECTION 602A   SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST CONCEPT  

602A(1)  
A reference in this Chapter to a substantial interest in a company, listed body (other than a notified foreign passport fund) or listed registered scheme is not to be read as being limited to an interest that is constituted by one or more of the following:

(a) a relevant interest in securities in the company, body or scheme;

(b) a legal or equitable interest in securities in the company, body or scheme;

(c) a power or right in relation to:

(i) the company, body or scheme; or

(ii) securities in the company, body or scheme.

602A(2)  
A person does not have a substantial interest in the company, body or scheme for the purposes of this Chapter merely because the person has an interest in, or a relationship with, the company, body or scheme of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

602A(3)  

The regulations may provide that an interest of a particular kind is an interest that may constitute a substantial interest in a company, listed body (other than a notified foreign passport fund) or listed registered scheme for the purposes of this Chapter.