New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1984 - SECT 46

46 Application for amalgamation

(1) Any 2 or more incorporated associations may apply to be amalgamated as an incorporated association under this Act.

(2) An application shall not be made under subsection (1) unless the terms of amalgamation, the statement of objects and the rules of the proposed amalgamated incorporated association are approved by a special resolution of each of the incorporated associations.

(3) An application under subsection (1) may be made by the public officers of the incorporated associations in an approved form and shall:

(a) be accompanied by a copy of the statement of objects of the proposed amalgamated incorporated association,

(b) be accompanied by a copy of the rules of the proposed amalgamated incorporated association,

(c) be accompanied by a notice in an approved form of the passing of the special resolutions referred to in subsection (2),

(d) set out:

(i) the name of the incorporated association proposed to be formed by the amalgamation, being a name under which an association may be incorporated in accordance with section 12,

(ii) the name and address in the State of a person resident in the State who has been nominated as the first public officer of the proposed amalgamated incorporated association, being a person who has attained the age of 18 years,

(iii) the names of the persons who have been nominated as the first members of the committee of the proposed amalgamated incorporated association,

(iv) the place where the principal place of administration of the amalgamated incorporated association is proposed to be situated, and

(v) such other particulars as may be prescribed, and

(e) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.