Western Australian Numbered Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 2009 (NO. 24 OF 2009) - SECT 19

19 .         Registration of co-operative

        (1)         When an application is made under this Division for registration of a proposed co-operative, the Registrar must register the co-operative and its rules if satisfied that the requirements referred to in subsection (2) have been met.

        (2)         The requirements for registration of a co-operative under this Division are that —

            (a)         the proposed rules of the proposed co-operative must be those approved by the Registrar under section 17; and

            (b)         the requirements of this Act must have been complied with in relation to the proposed co-operative and compliance must be likely to continue; and

            (c)         the proposed co-operative must be designed to function in accordance with the co-operative principles or, if it is not designed to function entirely in accordance with the co-operative principles, the Registrar must be satisfied that there are special reasons why the co-operative should be registered under this Act; and

            (d)         there must be no reasonable cause for refusing registration of the proposed co-operative.

        (3)         If the Registrar is not satisfied that the requirements for registration of the co-operative have been met the Registrar may refuse to register the co-operative and its rules.

        (4)         The Registrar must give to the applicant written notice of the refusal and the reasons for the refusal.