New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 1992 - SECT 369E

369E Application for registration of participating co-operative

(cf Vic Act s 369)

(1) A participating co-operative that proposes to carry on business as a co-operative in New South Wales may apply to the Registrar in the manner prescribed by the regulations to be registered as a foreign co-operative.

(2) An application by a participating co-operative must be accompanied by:

(a) a certificate, not more than 2 months old, from the Registrar of the participating State, in which the participating co-operative is registered, incorporated or formed stating that the co-operative is complying with the provisions of the co-operatives law of that State prescribed for the purpose of the section of that law that corresponds with section 369N, and

(b) the documents prescribed for the purpose of the section of the co-operatives law of that State that corresponds with section 369N, and

(c) a copy of the current rules of the co-operative, and

(d) a statement, verified as prescribed by the regulations, setting out:

(i) the full name and address of each person who will act as agent of the co-operative in New South Wales, and

(ii) the address of the proposed registered office of the co-operative in New South Wales, and

(iii) a copy of an instrument appointing a person resident in New South Wales (other than a body corporate incorporated outside New South Wales) as a person on whom all notices and legal process may be served on behalf of the co-operative, and

(e) any other documents or information that are prescribed by the regulations, and

(f) the fee prescribed by the regulations.