Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsaccountant see section 58.
application notice see—
(a) for an application for incorporation—section 10(1)(b); or
(b) for an application to change a name—section 36(1)(b).
appointed person see—
(a) for part 2—section 7(1); or
(b) for part 9, division 1—section 75(1); or
(c) for part 9, division 2—section 82(1).
approved form see section 130.
approved person see section 58.
association means an association, society, body or other entity formed, or carried on, for a lawful purpose.
auditor see section 58.
audit report see section 59(2)(c).
branch, in relation to an incorporated association, means any number of members of an incorporated association controlled by a central entity who have a separate fund administered by themselves or by a committee or officers appointed by themselves.
CATSI Act corporation see section 106A.
CLG corporation see section 106A.
committee, in relation to an association which is not an incorporated association, means the committee of the association or, if there is no committee thereof, the persons, however styled, having the management of the affairs of the association, and a committee shall consist of not less than 3 persons.
cooperative means a cooperative under the Cooperatives Act.
Cooperatives Act means the Cooperatives Act 1997.
current assets, for part 6, division 2, see section 58.
end date see section 58.
financial document, of an incorporated association, means any of the following—
(a) the association's financial statement;
(b) the audit report mentioned in section 59(2)(c);
(c) the statement of an auditor, an accountant or approved person mentioned in section 59A(2)(b)(ii);
(d) the statement of the association's president or treasurer mentioned in section 59B(2)(b)(ii).
financial statement, for an incorporated association, means a statement containing the following particulars—
(a) the association's income and expenditure during the financial year to which the statement relates;
(b) the association's assets and liabilities as at the end date of the financial year to which the statement relates;
(c) the mortgages, charges and securities affecting the association's property as at the end date of the financial year to which the statement relates.
financial year, for an incorporated association, means the 12 month period adopted by the association as its financial year in its rules.
incorporated association means an association incorporated under this Act.
incorporation resolutions, for an association, see section 6(1).
interim officers see section 8.
legal practitioner means a duly qualified barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court of this State.
legal proceeding means any civil or criminal proceeding or inquiry in which evidence is or may be given, and includes an arbitration.
level 1 incorporated association, for part 6, division 2, see section 58.
level 2 incorporated association, for part 6, division 2, see section 58.
level 3 incorporated association, for part 6, division 2, see section 58.
management committee of an incorporated association means the association's management committee formed under this Act.
model rules, for an association, means the model rules prescribed under the regulations.
nominated address, for an incorporated association, see section 17(1).
objection notice see—
(a) for an application for incorporation—section 10(2); or
(b) for an application by an association to change its name—section 36(2).
objector see—
(a) for an application for incorporation—section 11; or
(b) for an application to change an incorporated association's name—section 37.
officer of an incorporated association means the following individuals—
(a) the association's president;
(b) the association's secretary;
(c) the association's treasurer;
(d) a member of the association's management committee;
(e) a manager appointed by the management committee for the association.
own rules of an association means any of the association's rules that are not the model rules.
parent association, of a branch, means the central entity of the branch if the entity is—
(a) formed or carried on for a purpose other than providing financial gain for its members; and
(b) incorporated under—
(i) this or another Act; or
(ii) a Commonwealth law or another State's law; or
(iii) royal charter.
president of an incorporated association means the member of the association's management committee who usually presides at management committee meetings, whatever the person's position is called.
proposed rules for an association means the rules the association proposes will become its rules on its incorporation under this Act.
public trustee means the public trustee within the meaning of the Public Trustee Act 1978.
RECI Act corporation means a corporation incorporated under the repealed Religious Educational and Charitable Institutions Act 1861.
register of incorporated associations means the register of incorporated associations kept by the chief executive under section 16.
repealed Acts means the Acts specified in the schedule repealed by section 4(1) as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendments of this Act made by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1993.
reportable financial year see section 58A.
rules of an incorporated association include its constitution and regulations.
secretary of an incorporated association means the person elected or appointed as the association's secretary under this Act.
special resolution of an association means a resolution passed at a general meeting of the association by the votes of 3/4 of the members who are present and entitled to vote on the resolution.
total revenue, for part 6, division 2, see section 58.
treasurer of an incorporated association means the member of the association's management committee responsible for the finances of the association, whatever the person's position is called.