ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2015 - SECT 12
ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2015 - SECT 12
12 . Restrictions as to names of associations
The Commissioner must
not incorporate an association under this Act by a name that in the opinion of
the Commissioner is —
(a)
offensive or undesirable; or
(b)
likely to mislead the public as to the object or purpose of the association;
or
(c)
identical to the name by which an association in existence is, or is taken to
be, incorporated under this Act or which resembles any such name in a manner
likely to mislead the public; or
(d)
identical to, or likely to be confused with, the name of any other body
corporate or a business name registered to another body under the
Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Commonwealth); or
(e)
prescribed for the purposes of this section; or
(f) of a
kind that is so prescribed.