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Director
The role of an individual director is to be an active member of the board and contribute to the board fulfilling its collective role and responsibilities.
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Contact person, Secretary
Every corporation and the Registrar need to keep a record of director appointments and the personal details of each director.
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Director, Secretary
Why legal duties existCorporations rely on people to do things on their behalf. Members give directors and other key decision-makers a significant level of control and responsibility for a corporation.
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Director
A board of directors is a group of individual directors appointed to oversee a corporation's governance and performance.
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Director
Delegating is a process of giving a task, authority or responsibility to another person. It helps you spread a workload to help get things done more efficiently.A person who is authorised to use the powers on behalf of the board of directors is a delegate.
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Director
Board composition is about the structure and diversity of people serving on the board.
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Director
About the qualificationThe BSB41021 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Governance builds skills and knowledge to be a director in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
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Director
What is this training about?This workshop is designed to equip participants with general knowledge and skills for being a director of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
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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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Secretary
A user account lets you sign in to myCorp, ORIC’s online lodgement portal.
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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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Indigeneity
Member
Indigeneity requirementThe CATSI Act ensures a corporation is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned and controlled through the Indigeneity requirement.
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Extensions
Director
The term of appointment is how long a person is appointed to be a director. When their term expires the director must stopA person cannot continue to act as a director once their term has expired. They are not a director.
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Director
A director ID is a 15-digit number that identifies you as a director. Apply for one as soon as you know you’re going to be a director. If you’re already a director and don’t have a director ID, apply for it as soon as possible.
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Extensions
Director
Information for corporationsThe Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act) specifies terms for corporations’ directors.
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Charity
Director
A charity can apply to be endorsed by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) for deductible gift recipient (DGR) status. This allows people who donate money or property to the corporation to claim it on their tax. If you want to apply for DGR status you’ll need to include these rules.
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Eligibility
Member
Corporations can ask for exemptions from requirements about: