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The Australian Government’s public data policy requires ORIC to make non-sensitive data ‘open’ by default. Open means the data is freely available for anyone to use, reuse, and redistribute.
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The Native Title Act grants the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (the Registrar) the power to issue an opinion about whether a fee is one that the body corporate may charge.
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Every corporation has a rule book. The rule book is the document that says what the corporation will do and the rules for how it is governed.
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Read through steps on how to draft a rule book for a corporation.
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Once a corporation has been placed under special administration, the Registrar will appoint a special administrator to resolve financial and organisational problems. The special administrator is a qualified, independent person who takes control and runs a corporation.  
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The Registrar has a power under the CATSI Act to issue compliance notices. A compliance notice is an instruction to a corporation to fix something. Compliance notice purposeCompliance notices instruct a corporation to fix an issue, for example:
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All registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) must have particular rules about membership and disputes. ObjectivesThe objectives must say that the corporation is established to become an RNTBC and carry out the functions of an RNTBC.
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Go through tasks to complete for your corporation by the end of the year, such as annual reports, funding acquittals, taxes and annual general meetings.
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Even if your corporation has stopped doing anything, it's still registered as a legal entity. This means that you must still meet the legal obligations of a corporation. To be free of these obligations, you will need to finish up any corporation business (wind up) and deregister it.
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A voluntary deregistration is where all members agree to it. In a voluntary deregistration the directors have already completed the work of winding up the affairs of the corporation.
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Corporations must keep a record of directors and notify ORIC of any changes to these records within 28 days of finding out.
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Corporations can ask for exemptions from requirements about meetings. This includes general meetings, directors’ meetings, minutes of meetings.
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A corporation must be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) to be a charity. A corporation that is, or wants to become, a charity must include certain rules in its rule book.
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Registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) make decisions related to native title and corporate operations. These decisions must be made correctly and by the right people.
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Members and directors can pass resolutions without a meeting. These are called ‘circulating resolutions’. The proposed resolution is written down and sent to all the people who can vote on it.  
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Learn about processes for the board to manage a conflict of interest.
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Special administration is unique to the CATSI Act.It means the Registrar can take early action when a corporation faces problems with finances or governance. The Registrar can appoint a suitable and qualified person to look after or fix problems such as:
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When a corporation enters special administration, its existing debts (called pre-appointment debts) are put 'on hold'. This gives the corporation time to sort out its future with the help of a special administrator.
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This is an outline of the Registrar’s powers to deal with the property of deregistered corporations under the CATSI Act. 
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ORIC is within the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA).NIAA is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and must comply with the Information Publication Scheme (IPS).