Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 10 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS  

PART 10.1 - TRANSITION FROM THE OLD CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION  

Division 5 - Other specific transitional provisions  

SECTION 1389   EVIDENTIARY CERTIFICATES  

1389(1)  
A certificate by ASIC (whether issued before or after the commencement) stating that a company was registered under the old Corporations Law of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction is conclusive evidence that:

(a) all requirements of that Law for the company's registration were complied with; and

(b) the company was duly registered as a company under that Law on the date (if any) specified in the certificate.

1389(2)  
A certificate issued before the commencement under pre-Corporations Law legislation (see subsection (3)) by the authority responsible for administering that legislation stating that a body was registered as a company under that legislation or other pre-Corporations Law legislation is conclusive evidence that:

(a) all requirements of that legislation for the company's registration were complied with; and

(b) the company was duly registered as a company under that legislation on the date (if any) specified in the certificate.

1389(3)  
In subsection (2):

pre-Corporations Law legislation
means legislation that was, for the purposes of the old Corporations Law of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction, a corresponding previous law in relation to that old Corporations Law.