Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations v Matcham (No 2) [2014] FCA 27

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations v Matcham (No 2) [2014] FCA 27 Citation: Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations v Matcham (No 2) [2014] FCA 27

Parties: REGISTRAR OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CORPORATIONS v DAMIEN MATCHAM

File number: NSD 908 of 2012

Judge: JACOBSON J

Date of judgment: 5 February 2014

Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation – chief executive officer of corporation contravened multiple provisions of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) – civil penalty regime – orders for relief – orders for disqualification from managing a corporation, compensation and pecuniary penalty – whether multiple contraventions separate or part of one course of conduct – whether aggregate penalty appropriate in the totality of the circumstances

Legislation: Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth) Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) ss 265-1, 265-5, 265-10, 279-15, 386-1, 386-5, 386-10, 386-15 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 180, 181, 182, 206C, 1317E, 1317G Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 122, 140 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 39.05 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Revised Explanatory Memorandum, Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2006 (Cth)