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StatuteCorporations Act 2001

Section 238 — Corporations Act 2001: Substitution of another person for the person granted leave

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(1) Any of the following persons may apply to the Court for an order that they be substituted for a person to whom leave has been granted under section 237: (a) a member, former member, or a person entitled to be registered as a member, of the company or of a related body corporate; (b) an officer, or former officer, of the company. (2) The Court may make the order if it is satisfied that: (a) the applicant is acting in good faith; and (b) it is appropriate to make the order in all the circumstances. (3) An order substituting one person for another has the effect that: (a) the grant of leave is taken to have been made in favour of the substituted person; and (b) if the other person has already brought the proceedings or intervened—the substituted person is taken to have brought those proceedings or to have made that intervention.

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