ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2009 - SECT 6
Application for registration
ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2009 - SECT 6
Application for registration
6 Application for registration
(1) An application for registration of an association may be made to the
Secretary on behalf of-- (a) 5 or more individuals, or (b) an unincorporated
body having 5 or more members, or (c) a registrable corporation having 5 or
more members or shareholders, or (d) 2 or more existing associations together
having 5 or more members. (2) Such an application must be authorised-- (a) in
the case of an application made on behalf of 5 or more individuals, by each of
the individuals, and (b) in the case of an application made on behalf of an
unincorporated body, by a special resolution passed by the members of the
body, and (c) in the case of an application made on behalf of a
registrable corporation , by a special resolution passed by the members of the
corporation, and (d) in the case of an application made on behalf of 2 or
more associations proposing to amalgamate, by special resolutions passed by
the members of each association . (3) An application-- (a) must be in the
approved form, and (b) must specify the association 's proposed name and the
address that is to be the association 's first official address , and (c) must
include a statement of the association 's objects , and (d) must annex a copy
of the association 's proposed constitution (or a statement that the
association 's proposed constitution adopts all the provisions of the
model constitution without modification), and (e) must identify the person
who is to be the association 's first public officer , and (f) must include
copies of any special resolution referred to in subsection (2) (b), (c) or
(d), and (g) in the case of an application made on behalf of a
registrable corporation , must annex a document (issued by the relevant
regulatory authority under the law under which it is currently incorporated )
declaring that the requirements of that law in relation to the transfer of its
registration under that law to registration under some other law have been
complied with, and (h) must include any information required by the
regulations, and (i) must be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the
regulations. (4) An association 's proposed official address must be an
address within New South Wales-- (a) at which the person who is to be the
association 's first public officer can generally be found, and (b) at which
documents can be served on the association by post. (5) An association 's
proposed constitution must address each of the matters referred to in Schedule
1.
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