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title: "Check a company's register of members against the statutory contents"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/check-a-company-s-register-of-members-against-the-statutory-contents"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A1-JU20261022-20"
practice_area: "Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a company's register of members against the statutory contents

> From the register, list each member's name, address and the date of the entry, and, where the company has a share capital, the shares, class, amount paid, whether the shares are fully paid, and any amount unpaid.…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the register, list each member's name, address and the date of the entry, and, where the company has a share capital, the shares, class, amount paid, whether the shares are fully paid, and any amount unpaid. Do not correct the register. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides whether the register meets the section, including any non-beneficial holding and the former-member entries. |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Match the register to the names, dates, share details and former-member entries the section requires.

- What the AI does: From the register, list each member's name, address and the date of the entry, and, where the company has a share capital, the shares, class, amount paid, whether the shares are fully paid, and any amount unpaid. Do not correct the register.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides whether the register meets the section, including any non-beneficial holding and the former-member entries.
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. The register must contain each member's name and address and the date the entry is made. If the company or scheme has more than 50 members, it must include an up-to-date index of members' names, unless the register itself operates effectively as an index.
2. If the company has a share capital, the register must also show the date of every allotment, the number of shares in each allotment, the shares held by each member, the class, any share or share-certificate numbers, the amount paid, whether the shares are fully paid, and the amount unpaid. Subsections (4) and (5) say the unpaid amount need not be shown if all the shares were issued before 1 July 1998 and either the register still shows the par values as they were immediately before that date, or the company is not a listed company.
3. A company with share capital that is neither a listed company within the meaning of section 603 nor a company covered by an order under section 707 must indicate any shares a member does not hold beneficially. For that decision the company is to have regard only to information in notices given under section 1072H, 672B or 672C. Those sections were not opened.
4. The register must show the name and details of each person who stopped being a member within the last 7 years, and the date the person stopped. Those entries may be kept separately. Two or more persons who jointly hold shares are taken to be a single member in relation to those shares.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.

## Sources

- [Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 169](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca2001172/s169.html) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/check-a-company-s-register-of-members-against-the-statutory-contents/united-states.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*