Corporations Act 2001
A register kept under this Chapter that relates to a company must be kept at:
(a) the company ' s registered office; or
(b) the company ' s principal place of business in this jurisdiction; or
(c) a place in this jurisdiction (whether of the company or of someone else) where the work involved in maintaining the register is done; or
(d) another place in this jurisdiction approved by ASIC.
[ CCH Note: S 172(1) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[500], by substituting " the Registrar " for " ASIC " in para (d) (effective 22 June 2022 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
A register kept under this Chapter that relates to a registered scheme must be kept at:
(a) the responsible entity ' s registered office; or
(b) an office at the responsible entity ' s principal place of business in this jurisdiction; or
(c) an office in this jurisdiction (whether of the responsible entity or of someone else) where the work involved in maintaining the register is done; or
(d) another office in this jurisdiction approved by ASIC.
[ CCH Note: S 172(1A) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[500], by substituting " the Registrar " for " ASIC " in para (d) (effective 22 June 2022 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
The company or scheme must lodge with ASIC a notice of the address at which the register is kept within 7 days after the register is:
(a) established at an office that:
(i) is not the registered office of the company or responsible entity; and
(ii) is not at the principal place of business of the company or responsible entity in this jurisdiction; or
(b) moved from one place to another.
Notice is not required for moving the register between the registered office and the principal place of business in this jurisdiction.
[ CCH Note: S 172(2) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[501] and [ 502], by substituting " the Registrar " for " ASIC " in the heading and " with the Registrar " for " with ASIC " , (effective 22 June 2022 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
An offence based on subsection (1), (1A) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
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