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Eligibility
To register a corporation under the CATSI Act. the Registrar must be satisfied that the pre-incorporation requirement was met.
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Eligibility
Member
Corporations can ask for exemptions from requirements about:
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Induction
Director
Learn how to run a directors' meeting, including having a quorum, selecting a chairperson, declaring conflicts of interest and what to do after the meeting.
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Induction
Director
Members can appoint independent directors to the board if it is in the rule book. An independent director is a director who is not a member. They usually have special skills or knowledge.
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Induction
Not all corporations have a chief executive officer (CEO) but if they do, the CEO is the highest-ranking employee in the organisation. They’re sometimes called a general manager or an executive manager. Directors can hire a CEO to manage day-to-day operations. The board remains responsible for the…
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Induction
Director
CATSI conversations
Inducting and onboarding directors is an essential process for all corporations. Governance experts Jess Bulger…
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Conflict of interest, Eligibility
Member, Director, Secretary
When a corporation gives an asset or money to a person or group with a close relationship to the corporation, this is called a giving a related party a financial benefit.
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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Director
Minimum number of directorsThe rule in the CATSI Act is that if a corporation has:
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Eligibility
Director
When your corporation is registered, we will send you a certificate of registration, which has your Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN) on it, send you the approved rule book and publish details of your corporation on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations.
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Eligibility, Indigeneity, Charity
There are 4 rules that every corporation must have in its rule book.A corporation’s rule book must state:
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Eligibility
Member
A corporation’s members make important decisions about how the corporation is run. They decide who its directors are, how it spends its money, and how it manages its operations.
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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Contact person, Secretary, Director
There are requirements for a group to register and stay registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).
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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Contact person, Secretary, Director
Register a new corporation; transfer registration of an existing entity; amalgamate 2 or more corporations; or reinstate registration of a deregistered corporation.
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
ORIC has a range of corporate documents that set our regulatory approach and priorities.
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
This framework outlines the Registrar's approach to ensuring corporations comply with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
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Eligibility, Extensions
Contact person, Secretary
A corporation’s income, assets and number of staff in a financial year determine its size. The size of a corporation changes its responsibilities under the CATSI Act. This is so corporations do an amount of administration and reporting that is fair to their abilities.
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Native title, Eligibility
All registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) must have particular rules about membership and disputes. ObjectivesThe objectives must say that the corporation is established to become an RNTBC and carry out the functions of an RNTBC.
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Eligibility
Go through tasks to complete for your corporation by the end of the year, such as annual reports, funding acquittals, taxes and annual general meetings.
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Induction
Having a good recruitment process will ensure you get the right person for your corporation and have the best resources to achieve your aims.
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Eligibility
While there are only 4 rules that corporations must put in their rule book, there are others that it’s a really good idea to include.