Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A participating cooperative that proposes to carry on business as a cooperative in the ACT may apply to the registrar to be registered as a foreign cooperative.
Note 1 A fee may be determined under s 465 for this section.
Note 2 If a form is approved under s 466 for an application under this section, the form must be used.
(2) An application by a participating cooperative must be accompanied by—
(a) a certificate, not more than 2 months old, from the registrar of the participating State, where the participating cooperative is registered, incorporated or formed, stating that the cooperative is complying with the provisions of the cooperatives law of that State prescribed by regulation for the provision of that law that corresponds with section 378; and
(b) the documents prescribed by regulation for the provision of the cooperatives law of that State that corresponds with section 378; and
(c) a copy of the current rules of the cooperative; and
(d) a statement, verified as prescribed, setting out—
(i) the full name and address of each person who will act as agent of the cooperative in the ACT; and
(ii) the address of the proposed registered office of the cooperative in the ACT; and
(iii) a copy of an instrument appointing a person resident in the ACT (other than a corporation incorporated outside the ACT) as a person on whom all notices and legal process may be served on behalf of the cooperative; and
(e) any other documents or information prescribed by regulation.