Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Associations Incorporation Act 1981 - SECT 22

Alteration of rules

22. Alteration of rules



(1) Subject to section 51, an incorporated association may, by special
resolution, alter its statement of purposes or its rules.

(2) An alteration of the statement of purposes or the rules of an incorporated
association does not take effect unless and until it is approved by the
Registrar.

(3) An application for the approval of an alteration must-

   (a)  be made by the public officer; and

   (b)  be made in a form approved by the Registrar; and

   (c)  be accompanied by the prescribed fee; and

   (d)  be made within 28 days after the alteration was passed by special
        resolution or within a longer time allowed by the Registrar; and

   (e)  give notice of the special resolution and set out particulars of the
        alteration; and

   (f)  be accompanied by a declaration signed by at least 2 members of the
        committee of the incorporated association to the effect that the
        special resolution was passed in accordance with the Act; and

   (g)  in the case of an alteration of the rules, be accompanied by a
        consolidated copy of the rules of the incorporated association,
        including the alteration.

(4) The Registrar must approve that alteration unless the Registrar is
satisfied that the alteration is contrary to this Act or the regulations.

(5) If a special resolution provides for more than one alteration to the rules
of an incorporated association, nothing in this section prevents the Registrar
from approving one or more but not all of those alterations.