Definitions
1 Definitions
In this Schedule:
ACA Registrar means the Registrar within the meaning of the old Act.
CATSI Registrar means the Registrar within the meaning of the new Act.
commencement means the commencement of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
maximum transitional period for a transitional corporation has the meaning given by item 2.
modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions.
new Act means the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and includes the regulations made under that Act.
old Act means the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 and includes the regulations made under that Act.
this Schedule includes the regulations made under this Schedule.
transitional corporation means an Aboriginal association that was incorporated under Part IV of the old Act immediately before commencement.
transitional modifications has the meaning given by subitem (2).
transitional period for a transitional corporation means the period:
beginning at commencement; and
ending at the earlier of the following times:
the first time the CATSI Registrar registers a change to the corporation's constitution lodged with the CATSI Registrar under section 69‑20 of the new Act (other than a change covered by item 80 of this Schedule);
the end of the maximum transitional period for the corporation.
If this Schedule provides for the transitional modifications to be made to a provision that applies to a transitional corporation or a corporation incorporated under Part IV of the old Act, those modifications are:
references in the provision to the corporation's directors are taken to be references to the corporation's Governing Committee; and
references in the provision to a director of the corporation are taken to be references to a member of the corporation's Governing Committee; and
references in the provision to the corporation's constitution are taken to be references to the corporation's Rules; and
references in the provision to the CATSI Registrar are taken to be references to the ACA Registrar; and
references in the provision to an officer of the corporation are taken to include references to:
an administrator of the corporation appointed under section 71 of the old Act; and
a person appointed as an administrator of the corporation under Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act (as applied by section 62 of the old Act); and
references in the provision to a failure to comply with the new Act are taken to include references to a failure to comply with the old Act; and
references in the provision to a contravention of the new Act are taken to include references to a contravention of the old Act.
Terms that are defined for the purposes of the new Act have, when used in this Schedule, the same meaning as they have in the new Act.
Terms that are defined for the purposes of the old Act have, when used in this Schedule, the same meaning as they had in the old Act.
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