Section 15 — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

(1) The associate reference includes a reference to:

(a) a person in concert with whom the primary person is acting, or proposes to act; and

(b) a person who, under the regulations, is, for the purposes of the provision in which the associate reference occurs, an associate of the primary person; and

(c) a person with whom the primary person is, or proposes to become, associated, whether formally or informally, in any other way;

in respect of the matter to which the associate reference relates.

(2) If the primary person has entered, or proposes to enter, into a transaction, or has done, or proposes to do, any act or thing, in order to become associated with another person as mentioned in an applicable provision of this Division, the associate reference includes a reference to that other person.

Related sections

• s 11 — Associates of bodies corporate
• s 12 — References in Chapters 6 to 6C, and other references relating to voting power and takeovers etc.
• s 13 — References in Chapter 7
• s 16 — Exclusions
• s 17 — Associates of composite person that carries on a financial services business
• s 18 — Carrying on business: otherwise than for profit

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