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Meetings
Director
The CATSI Act sets out the rules for meetings but there are some parts of the law that corporations can change in their rule book.
Corporations need to set out in their rule book how often their directors' meetings will be held. We recommend that directors meet at least every 3 months. For…
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Meetings
Meetings of directors are where decisions about the business of the corporation are made. Directors must hold regular directors’ meetings to ensure that the business of the corporation is on track and looked after. Directors’ meetings are for:
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Meetings
ResolutionsA resolution is a decision made by members at a meeting. There are 2 types of resolutions that can be put to members to consider and vote on – resolutions (sometimes referred to as ‘ordinary resolutions') and special resolutions.
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Meetings
Sometimes there are exceptional reasons (such as the death of a community person or a natural disaster) when you might need to postpone or cancel a general meeting or AGM. Postpone means to delay or reschedule the meeting for a later date.
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Meetings
A general meeting is a meeting where corporation members are given an opportunity to participate in the corporation’s affairs.
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Meetings
In this workshop, learn how to ensure your corporation’s meetings are well run, productive and legally compliant.
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Eligibility, Meetings
Member, Director, Contact person, Secretary
An AGM is a gathering of members held once a year. It’s an important exercise in board accountability to members. The main purpose of an AGM is to allow members to:
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Meetings
Member, Director
Corporation meetings are essential for communication, accountability and decision-making.
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Native title
Corporations that are registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) manage native title rights and interests on behalf of Traditional Owners. They have special provisions under the CATSI Act.
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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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Records
Director
The CATSI Act requires every corporation to prepare one or more reports every year and give them to members as well as lodge them for publishing on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. Meeting your reporting obligations is important because it:
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Records
Director, Member
Corporations must keep a record of all membership applications given to the corporation and a register of current and former members.
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Indigeneity
Member, Director
For a corporation to be registered under the CATSI Act, the corporation must at all times be owned and controlled by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.
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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, 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.
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Deregistration
The Registrar has a number of regulatory powers under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act) to address issues within corporations.
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Native title
If the Federal Court determines there are native title rights and interests, these are held and managed by a corporation. This corporation must register under the CATSI Act and is a requirement under:
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Complaint
After you lodge a report of concern, you will receive an acknowledgement from ORIC within 2 days.
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Indigeneity
Member
Indigeneity requirementThe CATSI Act ensures a corporation is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned and controlled through the Indigeneity requirement.