Deregistration process

When the Registrar: 

• receives an application for voluntary deregistration and is satisfied with the form and supporting evidence
• receives a final report from a liquidator about the completion of a liquidation 
• registers an amalgamated corporation.

they will place a notice of the proposed deregistration in the Government Gazette and on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. 

The Registrar can complete the deregistration after 2 months passes. The Registrar changes the status of the corporation on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations to ‘deregistered’. 

If the deregistration was because of a voluntary deregistration or a voluntary winding up the Registrar will send the person nominated in the voluntary deregistration form a notice of deregistration. They don’t do this for a court-ordered winding up.

Effect of deregistration

When deregistered, the corporation no longer exists as a legal entity. It will be listed as ‘Deregistered’ on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. Your only remaining obligation will be to keep records for 5 years that explain the corporation’s finances.