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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2015 - SECT 30

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2015 - SECT 30

30 .         Alteration of rules

        (1)         Subject to sections 31 and 33, an incorporated association may alter its rules by special resolution but not otherwise.

        (2)         In this section, a reference to rules includes a reference to information provided under section 7(3)(b)(ii) or 29(5).

        (3)         Within one month after the passing of a special resolution altering its rules, or such further time as the Commissioner may in a particular case allow, an incorporated association must lodge the required documents with the Commissioner.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000.

        (4)         The required documents are —

            (a)         a notice of the special resolution setting out particulars of the alterations; and

            (b)         a certificate in the approved form that the resolution was duly passed as a special resolution; and

            (c)         except where only the model rules will apply, a consolidated copy of the rules of the incorporated association, including all alterations to which the special resolution relates.

        (5)         The certificate under subsection (4)(b) must be signed by a member of the management committee of the incorporated association.

        (6)         An alteration of the rules of an incorporated association does not take effect until subsection (3) is complied with.

        (7)         The regulations may make provision for the circumstances and manner in which notice of any alteration of an incorporated association’s rules must be given to members of the association.