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.