Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) After the
commencement of this Act, no society, other than a consumers’ society,
shall be registered as a co-operative society under the
Co-operative and Provident Societies Act 1903 ; but a consumers’
society may apply for registration as a co-operative society under the said
Act or as a company under this Part.
(2) For the purposes
of this section a consumers’ society means a society constituted
primarily for the benefit of consumers as distinct from a society constituted
primarily for the benefit of producers, and which the Governor may by notice
published in the Government Gazette declare to be a consumers’ society
within the meaning of this section.