Section 447A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) cannot be used to cure invalidity of an administrator's appointment arising from contravention of State legislation (here, s 41 of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 (NSW)), because such an order would exceed the proper purpose limitation of s 447A — it would be an order about how State law operates, not about how Part 5.3A operates. An administrator of a registered club must obtain approval under s 41 of the Registered Clubs Act before appointment, and subsequent approval does not cure the invalidity. However, an administrator is entitled to rely on statutory assumptions under ss 128 and 129 of the Corporations Act regarding compliance with a company's constitution, and a fiduciary relationship does not preclude such reliance.
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