ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1981 - SECT 45 Associations may be allowed to have unsuitable names

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1981 - SECT 45

45 Associations may be allowed to have unsuitable names

(1) An association may make a written application to the chief executive to have a name for the association that is, or includes, an unsuitable name.

(2) The application may be made when applying for incorporation of the association or at any other time.

(3) The application must be in the approved form and be accompanied by the information, documents and fees required under the regulations.

(4) After considering the association’s application, the chief executive must grant or refuse the application.

(5) Within 14 days after granting or refusing the association’s application, the chief executive must give written notice of the decision to the association.

(6) If the application is refused, the notice to the association must include the chief executive’s reasons for the decision.

(7) This section has effect despite section 43 .