Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Associations Incorporation Act 1981 - SECT 7

Certificate of incorporation

7. Certificate of incorporation





(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an application is made in accordance with
section 5, the Registrar must grant a certificate of incorporation of the
association in the form approved by the Registrar and containing the
prescribed particulars.

(2) The Registrar may refuse to incorporate an association or proposed
association if the Registrar is satisfied that incorporation of the
association or proposed association under this Act would be inappropriate or
inconvenient-

   (a)  by reason of the Registrar's assessment of-

   (i)  the likely scale or nature of the activities of the association or
        proposed association; or

   (ii) the likely value or nature of the property of the association or
        proposed association; or

   (iii) the extent or nature of the dealings which the association or
        proposed association has, or is likely to have, with the public; or

   (b)  for any other prescribed reason.

(3) The Registrar must notify the applicant in writing of a decision to refuse
to grant a certificate of incorporation and the reasons for that refusal.





(4) The person who made the application to the Registrar under section 5 may
within 28 days after receiving notice of a decision of the Registrar to refuse
to grant a certificate of incorporation apply to the Tribunal for review of
the decision.