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that they have received, or are entitled to receive, under the terms of the trust; and

      (c) the internal management and proceedings of the body; and

      (d) any act or thing done (including any contract made and any transaction entered into) by or on behalf of the body, or to or in relation to the body or its business or property, at a time when:

      (i) a receiver, or a receiver and manager, is in possession of, or has control over, property of the body; or

      (ii) the body is under administration; or

      (iia) a deed of company arrangement executed by the body has not yet terminated; or

      (iii) a compromise or arrangement made between the body and any other person or persons is being administered; or

      (iv) the body is being wound up;

      and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any conduct of such a receiver or such a receiver and manager, of an administrator of the body, of an administrator of such a deed of company arrangement, of a person administering such a compromise or arrangement or of a liquidator or provisional liquidator of the body; and

      (e) the ownership of shares in, debentures of, and interests in a managed investment scheme made available by, the body; and

      (f) the power of persons to exercise, or to control the exercise of, the rights to vote attached to shares in the body or to dispose of, or to exercise control over the disposal of, such shares; and

      (g) matters concerned with the ascertainment of the persons who are or have been financially interested in the success or failure, or apparent success or failure, of the body or are or have been able to control or materially to influence the policy of the body; and

      (h) the circumstances under which a person acquired or disposed of, or became entitled to acquire or dispose of, shares in, debentures of, or interests in a managed investment scheme made available by, the body; and

      (j) where the body has made available interests in a managed investment scheme — any matters concerning the financial or business undertaking, scheme, common enterprise or investment contract to which the interests relate; and

      (k) matters relating to or arising out of the audit of, or working papers or reports of an auditor concerning, any matters referred to in a preceding paragraph.

      53AA Business affairs of a body corporate

      A body corporate’s business affairs include (without limitation):

      (a) any of the body’s affairs (including anything that is included in the body’s affairs because of section 53); and

      (b) matters concerned with ascertaining the corporations with which the body is or has been connected.

      53AB Business affairs of a natural person

      A natural person’s business affairs include (without limitation):

      (a) the person’s examinable operations and examinable assets and liabilities; and

      (b) any act done (including any contract made and any transaction entered into) by or on behalf of the person, or to or in relation to the person or his or her business or property, at a time when:

      (i) the person was, under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 or the law of an external Territory, a bankrupt in respect of a bankruptcy from which the person had not been discharged; or

      (ii) the person had, under a law of an external Territory or of a foreign country, the status of an undischarged bankrupt; or

      (iii) the person’s property was subject to control under Division 2 of Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 because of an authority given by the person under section 188 of that Act; or

      (iv) a personal insolvency agreement under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 or under the corresponding provisions of the law of an external Territory or of a foreign country was in effect in relation to the person or the person’s property; and

      (c) without limiting the generality of paragraph (b), any conduct of the trustee of such a bankrupt estate or of such a personal insolvency agreement or a person acting under such an authority; and

      (d) matters concerned with ascertaining the corporations with which the person is or has been connected.

      53AC Business affairs of a partnership

      A partnership’s business affairs include (without limitation):

      (a) the partnership’s promotion, formation, membership, control, examinable operations and examinable assets and liabilities; and

      (b) the partnership’s management and proceedings; and

      (c) any act done (including any contract made and any transaction entered into) by or on behalf of the partnership, or to or in relation to the partnership, at a time when the partnership is being wound up; and

      (d) matters concerned with ascertaining the corporations with which the partnership is or has been connected.

      53AD Business affairs of a trust

      A trust’s business affairs include (without limitation):

      (a) the creation of the trust; and

      (b) matters arising under, or otherwise relating to, the terms of the trust; and

      (c) the appointment and removal of a trustee of the trust; and

      (d) the business, trading, transactions and dealings of the trustee of the trust; and

      (e) the profits, income and receipts of the trustee of the trust; and

      (f) the losses, outgoings and expenditure of the trustee of the trust; and

      (g) the trust property, including transactions and dealings in, and the income arising from, the trust property; and

      (h) the liabilities of the trustee of the trust; and

      (j) the management of the trust; and

      (k) any act done (including any contract made and any transaction entered into) by or on behalf of the trustee of the trust, or to or in relation to the trust, at a time when the trust is being wound up; and

      (l) matters concerned with ascertaining the corporations with which the trust is or has been connected.

      57 Classes of shares or interests in managed investment schemes

      (1) The shares in a body corporate, if not divided into 2 or more classes, constitute a class.

      (2) If the interests in a managed investment scheme to which an undertaking relates are not divided into 2 or more classes, they constitute a class.

      57A Meaning of corporation

      (1) Subject to this section, in this Act, corporation includes:

      (a) a company; and

      (b) any body corporate (whether incorporated in this jurisdiction or elsewhere); and

      (c) an unincorporated body that under the law of its place of origin, may sue or be sued, or may hold property in the name of its secretary or of an office holder of the body duly appointed for that purpose.

      (2) Neither of the following is a corporation:

      (a) an exempt public authority;

      (b) a corporation sole.

      (3) To avoid doubt, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is taken to be a corporation for the purposes of this Act.

      Note: Various provisions of this Act that generally apply to corporations do not apply to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations because of express provisions to that effect: see section 190B, subsection 197(5), section 206HB and subsections 1309(6),

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