ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 13 Defective documents

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 13

    (1)     If the registrar-general is of the opinion that a document submitted for lodgment with the registrar-general—

        (a)     contains matter contrary to law; or

        (b)     contains matter that is, in a material particular, false or misleading in the form or context in which it appears; or

        (c)     has not been duly completed because of an omission or misdescription; or

        (d)     does not comply with this Act; or

        (e)     contains an error, alteration or erasure;

the registrar-general may refuse to receive or register the document and may require—

        (f)     that the document be appropriately amended or completed and resubmitted; or

        (g)     that another document be lodged in place of the defective document; or

        (h)     if the document has not been duly completed—that a supplementary document be lodged.

Note     If a form is approved under s 126 (Approved forms) for a document, the form must be used.

    (2)     The registrar-general may require a person who submits a document for lodgment with the registrar-general to give the registrar-general any other document or further information that the registrar-general thinks necessary in order to form an opinion whether the registrar-general may refuse to receive or register the document.