Water and Sewerage Corporation Act 2012
10Ownership and restrictions on sale and issue of securities
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10 Ownership and restrictions on sale and issue of securities
(1) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:10 Dec 2018] Only councils, or the Crown, may hold one or more shares or other securities in the Corporation.
(2) [Section 10 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 23 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:10 Dec 2018] . . . . . . . .
(3) A member of the Corporation must not dispose of the shares or other securities in the Corporation held by that member.
(4) [Section 10 Subsection (4) amended by No. 23 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:10 Dec 2018] The Corporation must not, and must ensure that any subsidiary of the Corporation does not –
(a) offer shares or other securities in the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation for subscription, or invite any person to subscribe for any such shares or other securities; or
(b) grant options over unissued shares or other securities in the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation; or
(c) allot or issue shares or other securities in the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation –
other than to existing members pro rata to their existing shareholdings or to the Crown.
(5) In this section –
(a) a reference to securities includes a reference to securities of a kind specified in section 92(3) of the Corporations Act; and
(b) a reference to shares includes a reference to shares of a kind specified in section 254A(1) of the Corporations Act.