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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1964 - SECT 14 Public officer of incorporated association

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1964 - SECT 14

Public officer of incorporated association

(1)  Unless the committee has appointed another person as public officer, the first public officer of an incorporated association is to be the person who applied for incorporation of the association.
(1A)  The committee of an association may, before an application is made under section 7 for the incorporation of the association, appoint a person to be the public officer of the association on its incorporation.
(1B)  If the office of public officer of an association at any time becomes vacant, the committee of the association must, within 14 days after it becomes vacant, appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(1C)  A person is not eligible to be appointed as a public officer of an incorporated association unless the person has attained the age of 18 years and is resident in the State.
(2)  If the committee of an association fails to comply with subsection (1B) , each member of the committee is guilty of an offence.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit.
(3)  The public officer of an incorporated association may, unless the rules of the association otherwise provide, hold any other office in the association except the office of auditor.
(4)  Notwithstanding that the rules of an incorporated association do not make provision for the appointment of a public officer, the association has power from time to time to appoint a public officer and to remove any person so appointed from his office as public officer.
(5)  The office of public officer of an incorporated association becomes vacant if the person holding that office –
(a) dies;
(b) becomes bankrupt, or applies to take or takes advantage of any law relating to bankrupt or insolvent debtors or compounds with his creditors, or makes any assignment of his estate for their benefit;
(c) is unable to perform the duties of the office competently;
(d) resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the committee of the association; or
(e) ceases to be resident in the State.