New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1984

- As at 6 July 2009
- Act 143 of 1984

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Notes
   4.      Association trading or securing pecuniary gain
   5.      Special resolution
   6.      Commonwealth Corporations legislation excluded from applying to incorporated associations

   PART 2 - INCORPORATION

   7.      Eligibility for incorporation
   8.      Authority to apply for incorporation
   9.      Application for incorporation
   10.     Certificate of incorporation
   11.     Rules of incorporated associations
   12.     Names
   13.     Reservation of name
   14.     Change of name

   PART 3 - INCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

   15.     Effect of incorporation
   16.     Rights and liabilities of members and officers
   17.     Powers of incorporated associations
   18.     Restrictions on incorporated associations

   PART 4 - AFFAIRS OF INCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

   19.     Objects and rules
   20.     Alteration of objects and rules
   21.     Committee of incorporated association
   21A.    Register of committee members
   22.     Public officer
   23.     Vacancy in office of public officer
   24.     Casual vacancy in office of public officer
   25.     Address of public officer
   26.     Annual general meeting
   27.     Lodgment of statement regarding accounts
   28.     Keeping of accounts and minutes of proceedings

   PART 5 - CONTRACTS, DEBTS, ETC, OF INCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

           Division 1 - General

   29.     Entering into contracts
   30.     Agent

           Division 2 - Pre-incorporation contracts

   31.     Definitions
   32.     Ratification of pre-incorporation contracts
   33.     Liability of person executing pre-incorporation contract
   34.     Contract in substitution for pre-incorporation contract
   35.     Effect of Division on other rights and liabilities
   36.     Manner of ratification

           Division 3 - Offences

   37.     Definitions
   38.     Offences relating to incurring of debts or fraudulent conduct
   39.     Certificate evidence
   40.     Powers of Court
   41.     Certain rights not affected

   PART 6 - INSURANCE

   42.     Definitions
   43.     Returns by approved insurers
   44.     Requirement to insure
   45.     Exemption where members liable

   PART 7 - AMALGAMATION OF ASSOCIATIONS AND TRANSFERS OF INCORPORATION

   46.     Application for amalgamation
   47.     Certificate of incorporation of amalgamated associations
   48.     Application to bring company or co-operative under Act
   49.     Effect of transfer of incorporation

   PART 8 - WINDING UP AND CANCELLATION OF INCORPORATION

   50.     Voluntary winding up
   51.     Winding up by the Court
   52.     Modifications to text of applied Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth
   53.     Distribution of surplus property
   54.     Cancellation of incorporation
   54A.    Consequences of cancellation of incorporation
   55.     Vesting of property after cancellation of incorporation
   55A.    Voluntary cancellation of incorporation
   55B.    Distribution of surplus property on voluntary cancellation of incorporation
   56.     Registration of incorporated association as company or co-operative
   57.     Effect of transfer of incorporation
   57A.    Effect of incorporation as an Aboriginal association
   58.     Appeal

   PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS

   59.     Register
   60.     Constructive notice
   61.     Compliance with rules and authority of public officer
   62.     Evidentiary provision
   63.     Service of documents
   64.     Payment of fees on lodgment of documents
   65.     Powers of Director-General in relation to documents
   66.     Trading etc by incorporated association
   67.     Production and inspection of records
   68.     False or misleading statements
   69.     Offence of using certain names
   70.     Offences by officers etc
   71.     Proceedings for offences
   72.     Appeals from decisions of Director-General
   72A.    Delegation by Director-General
   73.     Regulations
   74.     Savings and transitional provisions
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