ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2009 - As at 19 February 2024 - Act 7 of 2009 - NOTES
ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2009 - As at 19 February 2024 - Act 7 of 2009 - NOTES
Note to Division 1A
A committee member may commit offences under this Act apart from the offences in this Division.If an association incurs a debt while insolvent (or that causes it to become insolvent), a committee member who had reasonable grounds to suspect that the association was insolvent (or would, by incurring the debt, become insolvent) commits an offence under section 68 (1).
If a committee member knowingly authorises or permits an association to contravene a provision of this Act or the regulations, the committee member is also taken to have contravened the provision: see section 91.
Does not include amendments by--
Customer Service Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No 4 (not commenced)
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Associations Incorporation Act 2009 No 7. Assented to 7.4.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (237) LW 11.6.2010. This Act has been amended as follows--| 2009 | No 106 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009. Date of commencement of Schs 1.1 and 4, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2). |
| 2010 | No 59 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.6, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2). |
| 2011 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2011. Assented to 27.6.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2). |
| No 44 | Business Names (Commonwealth
Powers)
Act 2011. Assented to 20.9.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 28.5.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (209) LW 25.5.2012. | |
| 2013 | No 95 | Civil and Administrative
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1). |
| No 111 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013. Assented to 3.12.2013. Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 3.1, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2014 | No 33 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1). |
| 2015 | No 15 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2015. Assented to 29.6.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2015, sec 2 (1). |
| 2016 | No 1 | Associations Incorporation
Amendment
(Review) Act 2016. Assented to 2.3.2016. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1[#93] [6[#93] [7[#93] [10[#93] [11[#93] [13[#93] [16[#93] [17[#93] [20[#93]-[23[#93] [25[#93]-[28[#93] [32[#93] and [34[#93], 15.4.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (183) LW 15.4.2016; date of commencement of Sch 1 [2[#93]-[5[#93] [8[#93] [9[#93] [12[#93] [14[#93] [15[#93] [18[#93] [19[#93] [24[#93] [29[#93]-[31[#93] and [33[#93]: 1.9.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (183) LW 15.4.2016. |
| 2017 | No 22 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3). |
| No 25 | Electronic Transactions
Legislation
Amendment (Government Transactions) Act 2017. Assented to 27.6.2017. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2018 | No 65 | Fair Trading Legislation
Amendment
(Reform) Act 2018. Assented to 31.10.2018. Date of commencement of Schs 7.2 and 10.2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 11, 28.2.2019, sec 2 (2) and 2019 (115) LW 28.2.2019. |
| 2019 | No 14 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2019. Assented to 21.11.2019. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, 14 days after assent, sec 2(1). |
| 2020 | No 3 | Better Regulation and Customer
Service
Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Act 2020. Assented to 25.3.2020. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 5 | COVID-19 Legislation
Amendment
(Emergency Measures--Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 14.5.2020. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2(1). | |
| No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020. Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 1.4, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3). | |
| 2021 | No 5 | COVID-19 Recovery Act 2021. Assented to 25.3.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2(1). |
| No 23 | Better Regulation Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous) Act
2021. Assented to 1.11.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, assent, sec 2(1). | |
| 2022 | No 5 | COVID-19 and Other
Legislation
Amendment (Regulatory Reforms) Act 2022. Assented to 24.3.2022. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, assent, sec 2(1). |
| No 59 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022. Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2. |
Table of amendments
| Sec 4 | Am 2013 No 111, Sch 3.1; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.3 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.1. |
| Sec 6 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [2[#93]-[4[#93]. |
| Sec 7 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 11 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [6[#93] [7[#93]; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.4. |
| Sec 12 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 13 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [8[#93]. |
| Sec 18 | Am 2010 No 59, Sch 1.6 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 21A | Ins 2018 No 65, Sch 10.2 [1[#93] |
| Sec 25 | Subst 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [9[#93]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [10[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 1, heading | Subst 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [11[#93]. |
| Sec 28 | Am 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[1[#93]. |
| Sec 28A | Ins 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[2[#93]. |
| Sec 30 | Am 2022 No 5, Sch 1.1[1[#93]. |
| Secs 30A, 30B | Ins 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [12[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 1A, heading | Ins 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [13[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 1A, note | Ins 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [13[#93]. |
| Sec 34 | Am 2009 No 106, Sch 1.1; 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [14[#93]. |
| Sec 35 | Am 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[3[#93]. |
| Sec 37 | Am 2022 No 5, Sch 1.1[2[#93]. |
| Sec 38 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [15[#93]; 2022 No 5, Sch 1.1[3[#93]. |
| Sec 39 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [15[#93]; 2022 No 5, Sch 1.1[4[#93]. |
| Sec 41 | Am 2011 No 44, Sch 3.1. |
| Sec 45 | Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.2 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 49 | Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.2 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 52 | Am 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[4[#93]-[6[#93]. |
| Sec 53 | Subst 2018 No 65, Sch 11.1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 61A | Ins 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [16[#93]. Am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.4. |
| Sec 64 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [17[#93]. |
| Sec 65 | Subst 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[7[#93]. |
| Sec 72 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [18[#93]; 2017 No 25, Sch 2.1; 2022 No 59, Sch 1.2[1[#93]-[3[#93]. |
| Sec 74 | Am 2013 No 111, Sch 1.1 [1[#93]; 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [19[#93]; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.4. |
| Sec 75 | Subst 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[8[#93]. |
| Sec 76 | Am 2010 No 59, Sch 1.6 [2[#93]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.11 [1[#93]; 2013 No 111, Sch 1.1 [2[#93]-[4[#93]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.3 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [20[#93]-[23[#93]; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.4. |
| Sec 80 | Am 2013 No 111, Sch 1.1 [5[#93]; 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [24[#93]; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.4. |
| Sec 82 | Rep 2013 No 111, Sch 1.1 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 85 | Am 2015 No 15, Sch 2.2; 2021 No 23, Sch 1.1[9[#93] [10[#93]. |
| Sec 93 | Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.2. |
| Sec 94 | Am 2009 No 106, Sch 4.2. |
| Sec 101 | Am 2018 No 65, Sch 7.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2019 No 14, Sch 2.2. |
| Sec 104 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.11 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [25[#93] [26[#93]. |
| Sec 105 | Rep 2020 No 3, Sch 1.1[1[#93]. |
| Sec 106A | Ins 2018 No 65, Sch 11.1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 107 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [27[#93]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.1[2[#93]. |
| Sec 108 | Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. |
| Sch 1 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [28[#93]-[31[#93]. |
| Sch 3 | Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. |
| Sch 4 | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [32[#93] [33[#93]; 2018 No 65, Sch 11.1 [3[#93]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.1[3[#93]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.2; 2021 No 5, Sch 1.3; 2022 No 5, Sch 1.1[5[#93]. |
| The whole Act | Am 2016 No 1, Sch 1 [34[#93] ("Director-General" and "Director-General's" omitted wherever occurring, "Secretary" and "Secretary's" inserted instead, respectively). |