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Schedule 3—Penalties for offences under
applied provisions of Corporations Act
Section 154(2)
| *Column 1*<br>*Item* | *Column 2*<br>*Provision of Corporations Act* | *Column 3*<br>*Penalty* |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 428(1) | 10 penalty units |
| 2 | 428(2) | 10 penalty units |
| 3 | 437C(1) | 20 penalty units |
| 4 | 437D(5) | 20 penalty units |
| 5 | 438B(4) | 60 penalty units |
| 6 | 438C(5) | 60 penalty units |
| 7 | 446C(4) | 20 penalty units |
| 8 | 448B(1) | 20 penalty units |
| 9 | 448C(1) | 20 penalty units |
| 10 | 448D | 20 penalty units |
| 11 | 450E(1) | 10 penalty units |
| 12 | 450E(2) | 10 penalty units |
| 13 | 471A | 20 penalty units |
| 14 | 475 | 20 penalty units |
| 15 | 486A(8) | 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both |
| 16 | 494 | 60 penalty units |
| 17 | 497 | 10 penalty units |
| 18 | 530A(6) | 60 penalty units |
| 19 | 530B(3) | 60 penalty units |
| 20 | 530B(6) | 60 penalty units |
| 21 | 532 | 10 penalty units |
| 22 | 541(1) | 10 penalty units |
| 23 | 588G(3) | 240 penalty units |
| 24 | 590(1) | 60 penalty units |
| 25 | 590(5) | 120 penalty units |
| 26 | 592(1) | 60 penalty units |
| 27 | 592(6) | 120 penalty units |
| 28 | 595(1) | 10 penalty units |
| 29 | 596(1) | 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both |
| 30 | 596AB(1) | 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years |
| 31 | 596F(3) | 60 penalty units |
| 32 | 597(6) | 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both |
| 33 | 597(7) | 120 penalty units |
| 34 | 597(10A) | 120 penalty units |
| 35 | 597(13) | 60 penalty units |
| 36 | 597A(3) | 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both |
Schedule 4—Transitional provisions
1 Definitions
(1) In this Schedule—
***commencement day*** means the day on which section 224 comes into operation;
***corresponding provision*** means a provision of this Act that re-enacts (with or without modification) a provision of the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981**;
***old model rules*** means the model rules made under the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981**;
***old rules***, of an incorporated association, has the meaning given in clause 7(1).
(2) For the purposes of the definition of ***corresponding provision*** in subclause (1), in determining whether a provision is a corresponding provision—
(a) regard must be had to the substance of the provision; and
(b) if the provision appears to have expressed the same idea in a different form of words for the purposes of using a clearer style—the difference must be disregarded.
2 Re-enactment of Associations Incorporation Act 1981
This Act re-enacts the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981** with certain modifications.
3 General transitional provisions
(1) This Schedule does not affect or take away from the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**.
(2) Without limiting subclause (1), in declaring that this Act re-enacts with certain modifications the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981**, this Schedule must not be taken to—
(a) limit the operation of any provision of the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**; or
(b) be an exhaustive list of the provisions of the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981** re‑enacted by this Act.
(3) This Schedule applies despite anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Act.
4 Incorporated associations
(1) An association that, immediately before the commencement day, was incorporated under the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981** is, on that day, taken to be incorporated under this Act.
(2) Subclause (1) does not affect the date of incorporation of an incorporated association referred to in subclause (1) which continues to be the date the association became incorporated under the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981**.
(3) On and from the commencement day, a certificate of incorporation issued under the **Associations Incorporation Act 1981** to an incorporated association referred to in subclause (1) is taken to have been issued under this Act.