Section 601CT — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

(1) A registered body must have a registered office in this jurisdiction to which all communications and notices may be addressed and that must be open:

(a) if the body has:

(i) lodged a notice under subsection (2); or

(ii) lodged a notice under subsection (2) and a notice or notices under subsection (4);

for such hours (being not fewer than 3) between 9 am and 5 pm on each business day as are specified in that notice, or in the later or last of those notices, as the case may be; or

(b) otherwise—each business day from at least 10 am to 12 noon and from at least 2 pm to 4 pm;

and at which a representative of the body is present at all times when the office is open.

(2) A registered body may lodge written notice of the hours (being not fewer than 3) between 9 am and 5 pm on each business day during which the body’s registered office is open.

(3) Within 7 days after a change in the situation of its registered office, a registered body must lodge a written notice of the change and of the new address of that office.

(4) A registered body that has lodged a notice under subsection (2) must, within 7 days after a change in the hours during which its registered office is open, lodge a notice, in the prescribed form, of the change.

Related sections

• s 601CR — Index of members and inspection of registers
• s 601CS — Certificate as to shareholding
• s 601CTA — Limited disclosure if place of origin is a prescribed country
• s 601CU — Certificate of registration
• s 601CV — Notice of certain changes
• s 601CW — Body’s name etc. must be displayed at office and place of business

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