Section 190A — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Limited application of Division to registrable Australian bodies

This Division does not apply to an act or omission by a director or other officer or employee of a corporation that is a registrable Australian body unless the act or omission occurred in connection with:

(a) the body carrying on business outside its place of origin; or

(b) an act that the body does or proposed to do outside its place of origin; or

(c) a decision by the body whether or not to do or refrain from doing outside its place of origin.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 188 — Responsibility of secretaries etc. for certain corporate contraventions
s 189 — Reliance on information or advice provided by others
s 190 — Responsibility for actions of delegate
s 190B — Division does not apply to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations
s 190C — Division does not apply in relation to notified foreign passport funds or their operators
s 191 — Material personal interest—director’s duty to disclose

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