CO-OPERATIVES ACT 2009 (NO. 24 OF 2009) - SECT 238
CO-OPERATIVES ACT 2009 (NO. 24 OF 2009) - SECT 238
238 . Name to include certain matter
(1) The name of a
co-operative may consist of words, numbers or a combination of both.
(2) The name of a
co-operative must include the word “Co-operative” or
“Cooperative” or the abbreviation “Co-op”.
(3) Subject to
subsection (4) the word “Limited” or the abbreviation
“Ltd” must be the last word of the name.
(4) The Registrar may
approve the registration of a co-operative without “Limited” or
the abbreviation “Ltd” in its name, or alter the registration of a
co-operative by omitting “Limited” or the abbreviation
“Ltd” from its name, if its constitution —
(a)
requires the co-operative to pursue charitable purposes only and to apply its
income in promoting those purposes; and
(b)
prohibits the co-operative making distributions to its members and paying fees
to its directors; and
(c)
requires the directors to approve all other payments the co-operative makes to
directors.
(5) The co-operative
must notify the Registrar as soon as practicable if any of those requirements
or prohibitions in its constitution are not complied with or if its
constitution is modified to remove any of those requirements or prohibitions.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
(6) The Registrar may
at any time by notice in writing to the co-operative revoke an approval under
subsection (4) but only after giving the co-operative an opportunity to
make submissions to the Registrar on the matter.
(7) A corporation that
is formed or incorporated under an Act other than this Act must not register
under the other Act by a name that includes the word
“Co-operative” or “Cooperative” or the abbreviation
“Co-op”.
(8) The Registrar
cannot register as the name of a co-operative a name that contains anything a
regulation declares is an unsuitable name, unless the Minister is satisfied
the name is suitable for registration in the circumstances of a particular
case.
(9)
Subsection (7) does not apply to a corporation that is allowed under
another Act to use the word “Co-operative” or
“Cooperative” or the abbreviation “Co-op” in its name.