Corporations Act 2001

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The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal statute ⓘ
corporate law ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Government ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ
amendedBy CLERP 9 reforms ⓘ
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 ⓘ
Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 ⓘ
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts ⓘ
Financial Services Reform Act 2001 ⓘ
appliesTo Australian financial services licensees ⓘ
listed companies ⓘ
proprietary companies ⓘ
public companies ⓘ
registered schemes ⓘ
citation Cth ⓘ
No. 50, 2001 ⓘ
commencementDate 2001-07-15 ⓘ
containsPart Chapter 1 – Introductory ⓘ
Chapter 2 – Registration and basic features of companies ⓘ
Chapter 2D – Officers and employees ⓘ
Chapter 2E – Related party transactions ⓘ
Chapter 2F – Members’ rights and remedies ⓘ
Chapter 2G – Meetings ⓘ
Chapter 2H – Shares ⓘ
Chapter 2J – Transactions affecting share capital ⓘ
Chapter 5 – External administration ⓘ
Chapter 5A – Deregistration, winding up and reinstatement ⓘ
Chapter 6 – Takeovers ⓘ
Chapter 6A – Compulsory acquisitions and buy-outs ⓘ
Chapter 6B – Rights and liabilities in relation to takeovers ⓘ
Chapter 6C – Information about ownership of listed companies ⓘ
Chapter 7 – Financial services and markets ⓘ
Chapter 8 – Futures industry ⓘ
Chapter 9 – Miscellaneous ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
defines continuous disclosure obligations ⓘ
directors’ duties ⓘ
financial reporting requirements ⓘ
insider trading offences ⓘ
market manipulation offences ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Australia ⓘ
establishesPowersOf Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ
Takeovers Panel ⓘ
governs companies incorporated in Australia ⓘ
company directors and officers ⓘ
company reporting and disclosure ⓘ
financial markets in Australia ⓘ
financial services providers in Australia ⓘ
insider trading ⓘ
managed investment schemes ⓘ
market misconduct ⓘ
takeovers of listed companies ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea company law ⓘ
financial markets regulation ⓘ
financial services regulation ⓘ
insolvency law ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
takeovers law ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make provision in relation to corporations and financial products and services, and for other purposes ⓘ
regulator Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ
replaced Corporations Law ⓘ
requires audits of certain companies ⓘ
disclosure to investors in securities offerings ⓘ
lodgment of financial reports with ASIC ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2001-06-28 ⓘ
shortTitle Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 2001 ⓘ

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ASIC → legalBasis → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
Corporations Act 2001 → shortTitle → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
AustralianSuper → regulatoryFramework → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
ASX Limited → governedBy → Corporations Act 2001 (Australia) ⓘ
linked to: Corporations Act 2001
Australian Financial System → hasRegulatoryFramework → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
subject linked to: The Australian Financial System
Australian Financial Services Licence → legalBasis → Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Corporations Act 2001
Australian Financial Services Licence → legalBasis → Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Corporations Act 2001
Corporations Law → repealedBy → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
Corporations Law → replacedBy → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
Corporations Law → successor → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
Corporations Law → wasInForceBefore → Corporations Act 2001 ⓘ
Takeovers Panel → legalBasis → Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Corporations Act 2001
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts → appliesTo → Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Corporations Act 2001