5Application of Corporations legislation to associations

5 Application of Corporations legislation to associations

5 Application of Corporations legislation to associations

For the Act, section 96(1), a matter relating to an association is declared to be an applied Corporations legislation matter for the purposes of the Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001, Part 3 in relation to the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, section 1322(1)–(3A) and (4)–(6), subject to the following modifications—

(a) a reference to “this Act” is to be read as including a reference to the Act,

(b) a reference to “a corporation” is to be read as including a reference to an association,

(c) for section 1322(3)—

(i) a reference to “a meeting” or “the meeting” is to be read as including a reference to a vote conducted by a postal, electronic or combined ballot, and

(ii) the reference to “a person entitled to attend the meeting” is to be read as including a reference to a person entitled to vote in the postal, electronic or combined ballot, and

(iii) the reference to “proceedings at the meeting” is to be read as including a reference to the vote conducted by a postal, electronic or combined ballot,

(d) for section 1322(4)(b)—the reference to “any register kept by ASIC under this Act” is to be read as including a reference to a register kept under the Act.

s 5: Am 2024 No 25, Sch 7.2[1].