40Registrar may require compliance with Act etc.

#### 40 Registrar may require compliance with Act etc. (1) If the Registrar suspects on reasonable grounds that: (a) an Aboriginal Council has failed to comply with a provision of this Act, the regulations, the Rules or the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997; or (b) there has been an irregularity in the financial affairs of an Aboriginal Council; the Registrar may, by notice served on the public officer, require the Council to take the action specified in the notice within the period specified in the notice, for the purpose of complying with the Act, the regulations or the Rules or remedying the irregularity, as the case may be. (2) The Registrar is not required to take action under this section before taking any other action under this Act.