Medical Defence Association of Western Australia Inc v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2004] FCA 1684

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Medical Defence Association of Western Australia Inc v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2004] FCA 1684

CORPORATIONS – Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – s 601BC – transfer of registration of incorporated association to Corporations Act – whether provision of evidence under s 601BC is obligatory – whether transfer of association's registration is authorised under the law of the place of origin pursuant to s 601BC(8)(d) – whether authorisation can occur without express statutory provision – distinction between 'under the law' and 'by the law'

Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW), ss 56, 57 Associations Incorporation Act 1987 (WA), ss 3A, 13, 34, 35, 36 Company Law Review Act 1998 (Cth) Corporations Act 1989 (Cth), ss 133, 134, 135 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 5E, 5F, 601BC, 601BD Insurance Act 1973 (Cth)

Company Law Review Bill 1997 (Cth) Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Redmore Proprietary Limited (1989) 166 CLR 454 Hatton v Beaumont [1977] 2 NSWLR 211 HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd (in liq) v Building Insurers' Guarantee Corporation (2003) 202 ALR 610 Julius v Lord Bishop of Oxford (1880) 5 AC 214 Liverpool Borough Bank v Turner (1860) 30 LJ Ch 380 McRae v Coulton (1986) 7 NSWLR 644 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 153 ALR 490 Saraya v Commissioner of Business Franchises (unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria, Beach J, 18 February 1997) Tasker v Fullwood [1978] 1 NSWLR 20 MEDICAL DEFENCE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC v AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION N 1217 OF 2004

STONE J 17 DECEMBER 2004 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 1217 OF 2004

BETWEEN: MEDICAL DEFENCE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC

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