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Under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 two or more existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations can apply to form a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation. This is called amalgamating.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the process for corporations to amalgamate and includes an example letter to creditors and minutes for a general meeting of members.

Under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 two or more existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations can apply to form a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation. This is called amalgamating.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the process for corporations to amalgamate and includes an example letter to creditors and minutes for a general meeting of members.

How to transfer incorporation of a New South Wales association (registered under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW)) to the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).

The rules that guide how each corporation should be run are set out in their rule book. 

This fact sheet provides a summary of what's usually in a rule book and provides a list of provisions from the CATSI Act that deal with the internal governance of corporations. Including which rules can be replaced by corporations in their rule book.

The rules that guide how each corporation should be run are set out in their rule book. 

This fact sheet provides a summary of what's usually in a rule book and provides a list of provisions from the CATSI Act that deal with the internal governance of corporations. Including which rules can be replaced by corporations in their rule book.

The size of your corporation determines whether it needs a contact person or a secretary. Small and medium corporations have a contact person and large corporations have a secretary.

A contact person acts as a mail box for their corporation—their job is to pass on all communications (letters, emails, telephone calls and messages) to at least one of the directors of the corporation within 14 days of receiving them.

A secretary is also the central contact point for their corporation but they have additional duties. Because large corporations usually have greater legal responsibilities and more administrative tasks to perform, the secretary's role is to assist the directors in meeting them.

Under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act), corporations are classified as large, medium or small.

The size classifications are necessary to match legal obligations such as different annual reporting requirements – to the correct activity levels of corporations.

This policy statement:

• provides an overview of the Registrar’s regulatory and enforcement powers
• outlines the Registrar’s considerations in deciding whether to use his or her powers to intervene
• indicates the kind of circumstances that might cause the Registrar to intervene
• refers to other policy statements that focus on particular powers.

This fact sheet is intended as a quick overview of the topic disqualification from managing corporations under the CATSI Act.

The healthy corporation checklist allow you to check your corporation's compliance with its rule book and the CATSI Act. It contains a list of questions to ask about your corporation and tick boxes to record your corporation's compliance, helping you to identify the areas that need attention.

Attached to the checklist is a range of template documents. You can also download these templates as separate (Word or Excel) files from this website. The checklist also refers to ORIC forms which your corporation can lodge at online.oric.gov.au.

Use this form for notifying ORIC of changes to the corporation's address and/or contact details.