Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT - SECT 11

(1) If a provision of this Act declares a matter to be an applied Corporations legislation matter for the purposes of Part 4 of the Corporations Reform (Northern Territory) Act 2001 ( declaratory provision ) in relation to any provision of the Corporations legislation ( applied provision ), the declaratory provision is to be taken to specify the following modifications to the applied provisions:

(a) a reference to a constitution is to be read as a reference to the rules;

(b) a cross-reference to another provision of the Corporations Act 2001 is, if that cross-reference is not appropriate (because, for example, the provision cross-referred to is not among the applied provisions), to be read as a cross-reference to the equivalent provision of this Act;

(c) a reference to the Gazette is to be read as a reference to the Government Gazette of the Territory ;

(d) a reference to the Commonwealth is to be read as a reference to the Territory;

(e) provisions that are not relevant to co-operatives or that are incapable of application to co-operatives are to be ignored;

(f) modifications directed by the Registrar under subsection (2).

(2) The Registrar may, by order published in the Gazette , give directions as to the modifications that are necessary or desirable for the effectual operation of applied provisions.

(3) This section has effect subject to any specific requirements of provisions of this Act that apply provisions of the Corporations Act 2001.