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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 658.5

Aims of the Registrar

    The Registrar, in performing his or her functions and exercising his or her powers, must have the following aims:

  (a)   to facilitate and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and accountability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations; and

  (b)   to provide certainty:

  (i)   for the members, officers and employees of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation in their dealings with the corporation and with each other; and

  (ii)   for persons outside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations in their dealings with those corporations; and

  (c)   to have regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tradition and circumstances; and

  (d)   to administer the laws of the Commonwealth that confer functions and powers on the Registrar effectively and with a minimum of procedural requirements; and

  (e)   to ensure that information is available as soon as practicable for access by the public.



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