Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 658.1

  (1)   The Registrar has the following functions:

  (a)   to administer this Act;

  (b)   to maintain such registers as the Registrar thinks appropriate;

  (c)   to make available to the public information about the registration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations and the administration of this Act;

  (d)   to provide advice to persons about:

  (i)   the registration of a particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; and

  (ii)   the rules governing the internal management of the corporation; and

  (iii)   the operation of the corporation;

  (e)   to conduct public education programs on the operation of the Act and on the governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations;

  (f)   to assist with the resolution of disputes:

  (i)   internal to the operation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

  (ii)   between an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation and others;

  (g)   to assist with complaints under this Act:

  (i)   about the internal operation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

  (ii)   involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations;

  (h)   to conduct research in relation to matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations;

  (i)   to develop policy proposals about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations;

  (j)   such other functions as are conferred on the Registrar under another law of the Commonwealth;

  (k)   such other functions as are prescribed.

  (2)   If the Registrar provides advice in undertaking his or her functions, the Registrar is not precluded from exercising a power under this Act, or exercising such a power in a particular way, in respect of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.