Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · Electronic Transaction System and Data Framework
28. Requirement to use electronic transaction system and agents for use
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A person who wishes to carry out a transaction with the Registrar —
transaction
“transaction”, in relation to the Registrar, means —(a)the filing or lodging of any document with the Registrar, or the submission, production, delivery, providing or sending of any document to the Registrar, under a scheduled law;(b)the making of any application, submission or request to the Registrar under a scheduled law;(c)the provision of any undertaking or declaration to the Registrar under a scheduled law; and(d)the extraction, retrieval or accessing of any document, record or information maintained by the Registrar under a scheduled law.[28A
must do so using the electronic transaction system if required by the Registrar under the scheduled law to which the transaction relates; or
may do so using the electronic transaction system if permitted by the Registrar under the scheduled law to which the transaction relates.
Where a person carries out a transaction with the Registrar using the electronic transaction system, the Registrar may require the person to use a form on the electronic transaction system which requires the submission of information or documents for the transaction or for any other purpose under this Act or a scheduled law to the Registrar.
Registrar
“Registrar” means —(a)the Registrar appointed under a scheduled Act; or(b)the person specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule, in respect of a Fifth Schedule Act specified in the first column of that Schedule;
A person may carry out a transaction with the Registrar using the electronic transaction system on behalf of another person only if the firstmentioned person is a registered corporate service provider for providing the service mentioned in paragraph (f)(i) of the definition of “corporate service” in section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024.
electronic transaction system
“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system established by the Authority under section 27(1);
A person who carries on a business of acting as a secretary of one or more companies may carry out a transaction with the Registrar using the electronic transaction system for any such company in the person’s capacity as a secretary of the company, if and only if the person is a registered corporate service provider for providing the service mentioned in paragraph (f)(ii) of the definition of “corporate service” in section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024.
company
“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
Subsection (2) or (3) does not apply to such persons, or to such transactions with the Registrar, as may be prescribed.[28C