ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION REFORM ACT 2012 (NO. 20 OF 2012) - SECT 27 Direction to change name

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION REFORM ACT 2012 (NO. 20 OF 2012) - SECT 27

    (1)     This section applies if the name of an incorporated association is a name under which it ought not, by reason of section 22, be registered.

    (2)     The Registrar may give a written notice to the association—

        (a)     stating that it is his or her intention to cancel the registration of that name on the expiry of the period specified in the notice (being a period of not less than 28 days after the date of the notice); and

        (b)     setting out the reasons for the proposed cancellation; and

        (c)     requesting that the association apply under section 24 to change the name of the association.

    (3)     If, on the expiry of the period specified in the notice, the association has not applied to the Registrar to change its name, the Registrar may cancel the registration of the name of the association recorded on the register.

    (4)     If the Registrar cancels the registration of the name of an incorporated association under subsection (3), the registration number of the association is taken to be its name until a new name of the association is registered under section 25.