ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2021/976

I, Douglas Niven, delegate of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, make the following legislative instrument.

Date 1 December 2021

Douglas Niven

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of legislative instrument

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

ASIC Corporations (Exempt Proprietary Companies) Instrument 2015/840

ASIC Corporations (Wholly-owned Companies) Instrument 2016/785

ASIC Corporations (Extended Reporting and Lodgment Deadlines—Unlisted Entities) Instrument 2020/395

ASIC Corporations (Extension of Time to Hold AGM) Instrument 2021/770

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of legislative instrument

This is the ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2021/976.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The register may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 253T and subsections 341(1), 601QA(1) and 992B(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

ASIC Corporations (Exempt Proprietary Companies) Instrument 2015/840

1 Subparagraph 5(1)(d)(iii)

After “7 July 2021 (both inclusive)”, insert “or between 24 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 (both inclusive)”.

ASIC Corporations (Wholly-owned Companies) Instrument 2016/785

2        Subparagraph 6(1)(s)(ii)

After “7 July 2021 (both inclusive)”, insert “or between 24 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 (both inclusive)”.

3        Subparagraph 6(1)(s)(iii)

After “7 July 2021 (both inclusive)”, insert “or between 24 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 (both inclusive)”.

4        Subsection 6(2)

After “7 July 2021 (both inclusive)”, insert “or between 24 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 (both inclusive)”.

5        Subsection 6(2)

Before “.”, insert “)”.

ASIC Corporations (Extended Reporting and Lodgment Deadlines—Unlisted Entities) Instrument 2020/395

6 The whole of the instrument

After “7 July 2021 (both inclusive)” (wherever occurring), insert “or between 24 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 (both inclusive)”.

ASIC Corporations (Extension of Time to Hold AGM) Instrument 2021/770

7 After subsection 5(2)

Insert:

(3) The period in subsection 250N of the Act within which a public company (other than a listed public company) with a financial year ending on a date that is between 24 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 (both inclusive) must hold its AGM is extended by one month.