Corporations Act 2001
5EConcurrent operation intended
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5E Concurrent operation intended
(1) The Corporations legislation is not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of any law of a State or Territory. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Corporations legislation is not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory that: (a) imposes additional obligations or liabilities (whether criminal or civil) on: (i) a director or other officer of a company or other corporation; or (ii) a company or other body; or (b) confers additional powers on: (i) a director or other officer of a company or other corporation; or (ii) a company or other body; or (c) provides for the formation of a body corporate; or (d) imposes additional limits on the interests a person may hold or acquire in a company or other body; or (e) prevents a person from: (i) being a director of; or (ii) being involved in the management or control of; a company or other body; or (f) requires a company: (i) to have a constitution; or (ii) to have particular rules in its constitution.
Note: Paragraph (a)—this includes imposing additional reporting obligations on a company or other body.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a reference in that subsection to a law of a State or Territory imposing obligations or liabilities, or conferring powers, includes a reference to a law of a State or Territory imposing obligations or liabilities, or conferring powers, by reference to the State or Territory in which a company is taken to be registered. (4) This section does not apply to the law of the State or Territory if there is a direct inconsistency between the Corporations legislation and that law.
Note: Section 5G prevents direct inconsistencies arising in some cases by limiting the operation of the Corporations legislation.
(5) If: (a) an act or omission of a person is both an offence against the Corporations legislation and an offence under the law of a State or Territory; and (b) the person is convicted of either of those offences; the person is not liable to be convicted of the other of those offences.