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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
63BDisqualification from office––disqualified under other
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63B Disqualification from office––disqualified under other
legislation
(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) has been disqualified from managing a corporation or an
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation under—
(i) any of the following provisions of the Corporations Act:
(A) section 206B (1) (a) and (b) (Convictions);
(B) section 206B (3) and (4) (Bankruptcy or personal
(C) section 206E (Court power of disqualification—
(ii) any of the following provisions of the Corporations
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwlth):
(A) section 279-5 (1) (a) and (b) (Convictions);
(B) section 279-5 (3) and (4) (Bankruptcy or personal
(C) section 279-25 (Court power of disqualification—
repeated contraventions of Act); and
(b) accepts an appointment or acts as the public officer or a member
of the committee of an incorporated association while the person
is disqualified; and
(c) does not have the Supreme Court’s leave to do so.
(2) A person mentioned in subsection (1) may, after giving the
registrar-general at least 21 days written notice, apply to the Supreme
Court for leave to—
(a) accept an appointment or to act as the public officer; or
(b) a member of the committee of an incorporated association.
(3) On hearing an application, the Supreme Court may—
(a) give leave, including on any condition the court considers
appropriate; or
(b) refuse to give leave.
(4) On the application of the registrar-general, the Supreme Court may
revoke or vary leave granted to a person by the court.
(5) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with any
condition imposed by the court under subsection (3) (a).