Statutory Review of the Meetings and Documents Amendments – consultation

21 days left to have your say
Date
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Consultation Type
Consultation Paper

Key Documents

The Statutory Review of the Meetings and Documents Amendments Panel is seeking feedback on the effectiveness of the amendments made to the Corporations Act 2001 by:

  • the Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Act 2022 and
  • Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Act 2021.

These amendments allowed companies and registered schemes to hold online meetings, electronically execute documents and transmit meetings-related documents electronically.

 

Responding

You can submit responses to this consultation up until 19 July 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on this consultation.

While submissions may be lodged electronically or by post, electronic lodgement is preferred. For accessibility reasons, please submit responses sent via email in a Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted.

All information (including name and address details) contained in submissions will be made available to the public on the Treasury website unless you indicate that you would like all or part of your submission to remain in confidence. Automatically generated confidentiality statements in emails do not suffice for this purpose. Respondents who would like part of their submission to remain in confidence should provide this information marked as such in a separate attachment.

Legal requirements, such as those imposed by the Freedom of Information Act 1982, may affect the confidentiality of your submission.

View our submission guidelines for further information.

How To Respond

Email

meetingsanddocumentsreview@treasury.gov.au

Post

Address written submissions to:

Meetings and Documents review
c/- Better Business Communications Unit
Market Conduct and Digital Division
Treasury
Langton Cres
Parkes ACT 2600

Enquiries

Email: meetingsanddocumentsreview@treasury.gov.au