Section 206HCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Limited application of Part to foreign companies

This Part (except for subsection 206B(6) and section 206EAA) does not apply in respect of an act or omission by a person while they are managing a corporation that is a foreign company unless the act or omission occurred in connection with:

(a) the foreign company carrying on business in this jurisdiction; or

(b) an act that the foreign company does, or proposes to do, in this jurisdiction; or

(c) a decision by the foreign company whether or not to do, or refrain from doing, an act in this jurisdiction.

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