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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
Member, Director
Corporation meetings are essential for communication, accountability and decision-making.
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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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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.
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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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Complaint
We welcome and value complaints about us as part of our commitment to continuous improvement. They help us shape how we do our business.
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Complaint
A dispute is usually because there are generally at least two differing opinions from different parties about the conduct of a corporation, including the interpretation or compliance with the CATSI Act or corporation’s rule book, and that has led to disagreements.
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Complaint
Many complaints are the result of poor communication or misunderstandings, unclear expectations, or failing to follow processes in the CATSI Act or the corporation's rule book.
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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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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: