(1) If members of a registered scheme want to remove the responsible entity,
they may take action under Division 1 of Part 2G.4 for the calling
of a members' meeting to consider and vote on a resolution that the current
responsible entity should be removed and a resolution choosing a company to be
the new responsible entity. The resolutions must be extraordinary resolutions
if the scheme is not listed.
(2) If the members vote to remove the responsible entity and, at the same
meeting, choose a company to be the new responsible entity that consents, in
writing, to becoming the scheme's responsible entity:
- (a)
- as soon as
practicable and in any event within 2 business days after the resolution is
passed, the current responsible entity must lodge a notice with ASIC asking it
to alter the record of the scheme's registration to name the chosen company as
the scheme's responsible entity; and
- (b)
- if the current responsible entity does not lodge the notice required by
paragraph (a), the company chosen by the members to be the new
responsible entity may lodge that notice; and
- (c)
- ASIC must comply with the notice when it is lodged.
(3) A person must not lodge a notice under subsection (2) unless the
consent referred to in that subsection has been given before the notice is
lodged.
- Note: If the members vote to remove the responsible entity but do
not, at the same meeting, choose a company to be the new responsible entity,
or the company they choose does not consent to becoming the scheme's
responsible entity, the scheme must be wound up (see section 601NE).