Section 208 — Corporations Act 2001: Need for member approval for financial benefit

(1) For a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company: (a) the public company or entity must: (i) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the way set out in sections 217 to 227; and (ii) give the benefit within 15 months after the approval; or (b) the giving of the benefit must fall within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216. Note 1: For the criminal liability of a person dishonestly involved in a contravention of this subsection, see subsection 209(3). Note 2: This section applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see section 1227A. (2) If: (a) the giving of the benefit is required by a contract; and (b) the making of the contract was approved in accordance with subparagraph (1)(a)(i) as a financial benefit given to the related party; and (c) the contract was made: (i) within 15 months after that approval; or (ii) before that approval, if the contract was conditional on the approval being obtained; member approval for the giving of the benefit is taken to have been given and the benefit need not be given within the 15 months.