Small proprietary company—ASIC direction
294 Small proprietary company—ASIC direction
ASIC may give a small proprietary company a direction to comply with requirements of this Division and Divisions 3, 4, 5 and 6 for a financial year.
An offence based on subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
The direction may be general or may specify the particular requirements that the company is to comply with.
The direction must specify the date by which the documents have to be prepared, sent or lodged. The date must be a reasonable one in view of the nature of the direction.
The direction must:
be made in writing; and
specify the financial year concerned; and
be made no later than 6 years after the end of that financial year.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.