Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) At least 14 days before the notice convening the relevant meeting is given, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must lodge:
(a) a proposed notice of meeting setting out the text of the proposed resolution; and
(b) a proposed explanatory statement satisfying section 290 - 10; and
(c) any other document that is proposed to accompany the notice convening the meeting and that relates to the proposed resolution; and
(d) any other document that any of the following proposes to give to members of the corporation before or at the meeting:
(i) the corporation;
(ii) a related party of the corporation to whom the proposed resolution would permit a financial benefit to be given;
(iii) an associate of the corporation or of such a related party;
and can reasonably be expected to be material to a member in deciding how to vote on the proposed resolution.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Cod e.
(3) If, when the notice convening the meeting is given, the Registrar:
(a) has approved in writing a period of less than 14 days for the purposes of subsection (1); and
(b) has not revoked the approval by written notice to the corporation;
subsection (1) applies as if the reference to 14 days were a reference to the approved period.
(4) An approval under subsection (3) is not a legislative instrument.
(5) The Registrar may give and revoke approvals for the purposes of subsection (3).