Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsResponsibilities of secretaries
(1) A secretary of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation contravenes this subsection if the corporation contravenes any of the following provisions:
(a) subsection 69 - 20(1) or (2) (requirement to lodge copy of constitutional changes);
(b) section 88 - 1 (requirement to lodge material about change of name);
(c) subsection 112 - 5(5), (6) or (7) (requirements about registered office);
(d) section 180 - 35 (requirement to give copy of register of members or register of former members);
(e) subsection 304 - 5(1), (3), (5) or (6) (requirement to lodge details of directors and secretaries);
(f) section 330 - 10 (requirement to lodge general report);
(g) section 348 - 1 (requirement to lodge annual report).
Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 386 - 1).
Defence of reasonable steps
(2) A person does not contravene subsection (1) in relation to a corporation's contravention of a provision mentioned in that subsection if the person shows that he or she took reasonable steps to ensure that the corporation complied with the provision.