Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL COUNCILS AND ASSOCIATIONS ACT 1976 No. 186 of 1976 - SECT 53

53. (1) Where an Incorporated Aboriginal Association proposes to change its
name, the Governing Committee of the Association shall make application, in
writing, to the Registrar for his approval of the proposed new name.

(2) The Registrar shall approve a proposed new name submitted to him under
sub-section (1) if-

(a) the name includes the words ''Aboriginal Corporation'' or the words
''Torres Strait Islanders Corporation''; and

   (b)  the name is not an unauthorized name.

(3) Where an Incorporated Aboriginal Association has changed its name to a new
name that has been approved by the Registrar under sub-section (2), the
public officer of the Association shall serve on the Registrar a notice in
writing of the change.

Penalty: $50.

(4) Where the Registrar receives a notice under sub-section (3), he shall
issue to the Incorporated Aboriginal Association a certificate of
incorporation in the new name of the Association and that certificate of
incorporation has effect, from the date of issue, as the certificate of
incorporation of the Association.

(5) A change of name by an Incorporated Aboriginal Association does not take
effect until the issue to the Association under sub-section (4) of a
certificate of incorporation in the new name.