Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
3A. Excluded matters for Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) s. 5F
PART II -- Application for incorporation
4. Associations which are eligible for incorporation
5. Application for incorporation
6. Advertisement of intended application
7. Incorporation may be refused on request
8. Names of associations, restrictions as to
9. Incorporation of association
PART IIIA -- Transfer of incorporation
10A. Terms used
10B. Incorporated association may apply for registration or incorporation as a company etc.
10C. SAT review of decision to refuse s. 10B application
10D. Commissioner may direct incorporated association to apply for registration or incorporation as company etc.
10E. Commissioner to notify intention to act under s. 10D
10F. SAT review of proposed direction or amendment
10G. Association to comply with s. 10D direction
10H. Registration etc. as company etc. cancels incorporation under this Act
10I. Registration etc. as company etc., transitional provisions for
PART III -- Consequences of incorporation
10. Effect of incorporation
11. Certain property vests in incorporated associations
12. Liability of officers, trustees and members
13. Powers of incorporated associations
14. Contracts by incorporated associations, how made etc.
15. Contracts, when validity of affected by deficiency in association’s legal capacity
PART IV -- Rules of incorporated associations
16. Rules of association, contents of
17. Altering rules, requirements for
18. Changing name of incorporated association
19. Altering objects of incorporated association
PART V -- Management of affairs of incorporated associations
20. Committee of incorporated association, who constitutes
21. Pecuniary interests of committee members, disclosure of
22. Committee member with pecuniary interest in contract not to vote etc. on it
23. Annual general meeting, when to be held
24. Special resolution, rules for passing etc.
25. Accounting records to be kept
26. Accounts for previous financial year to be submitted to AGM
27. Register of members
28. Rules to be available to members
29. Record of office holders etc.
PART VI -- Winding up and cancellation of incorporation
30. Voluntary winding up
31. Winding up by Supreme Court
32. Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) Parts 5.4-5.8 modified
33. Surplus property on winding up, distribution of
34. Transfer of incorporated association’s undertaking etc. to company etc. may be ordered in some cases
35. Cancelling incorporation, Commissioner’s powers for
36. Failure to implement distribution plan, consequences of
PART VII -- Administration
37. Documents lodged with Commissioner, access to and retention of
38. Evidentiary provisions
39. Investigation and audit of incorporated associations, Commissioner’s powers as to
39A. Commissioner, designation of
39B. Delegation by Commissioner
39C. Information officially obtained, misuse of
39D. Protection from personal liability
39E. Judicial notice
PART VIII -- Miscellaneous
40. Lodging notice of address for service
41. Service on incorporated association
42. Committee members’ responsibilities
43. False or misleading statements in documents, offence
44. Use of “Incorporated” restricted
45. Document not lodged unless fee is paid
46. Regulations
47. Repeal
48. Savings and transitional (Sch. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 -- Matters to be provided for in rules of an incorporated association
SCHEDULE 2 -- Savings and transitional provisions
[Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 10 February 2012]
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