This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1. Name of Act 4. Interpretation for Act PART 2--ADMINISTRATION 5. Registrar 5AA. Deputy registrar 5A. Inspectors 5B. Inspections 6. Registrar may require certain information or evidence to be given 7. Special meeting and inquiry 8. Certificate about cost of inquiry etc 8A. Registrar may require bank to give information 9. Inspection of documents 10. Registrar may administer oath etc 11. Appeal from decisions of registrar PART 3--COOPERATIVE TRADING SOCIETIES 13. Objects 14. Prescribed trading societies PART 3C--COOPERATIVE HOUSING AND SERVICES SOCIETIES 14J. Objects PART 4--INCORPORATION 15. Liability and membership 16. Formation and registration of society 16AA. Prohibited names 16A. Powers of registered societies 17. Change of name 18. Amalgamation 19. Property to vest on amalgamation 20. Certificate of incorporation 21. Members 22. Shares 22A. Reserves 23. Surplus from operations 24. Liability of members of society 25. Purchase or repayment of shares 26. Cancellation and reissue of shares 28. Charge and set-off against member 29. Death of member 30. Death of intestate 31. Society a body corporate 32. Use of the word ‘cooperative' 34. Property 35. Granting of securities 36. Raising of money etc 37. Investments 38. Voluntary transfer of engagements—trading societies 38AA. Transfer of engagements by direction 38A. Registration of society as a company 39. Contracts 40. Name and address of society 40A. Service of documents on society 41. Effect of rules 42. Registers and records 42A. Accounts 42B. Statement to be attached to accounts 42C. Statement to be attached to holding society accounts 42D. Statements in relation to financial year of society 42E. Directors report on society other than holding society 42F. Directors report on group holding society 42G. Report may omit prejudicial information 42H. Reports generally 43. Inspections of documents by members and creditors 44. Returns 45. Dealings with members and applicants 46. Charges payable by members 47. Fines 48. Special resolution PART 5--RULES, MANAGEMENT AND DISPUTES 49. Rules 50. Alteration of rules 51. Board of directors 52. Meetings 53. Votes of members 54. Minutes 55. Officers 56. Accounts and audit 57. Financial year 58. Disputes PART 6--SUSPENSION, ADMINISTRATION AND WINDING-UP 58A. Suspension of operations 58B. Administrator 59. Winding-up 60. Application of Corporations Law in winding-up 60A. Filling vacancy in position of liquidator—voluntary 61. Dissolution 62. Cancellation PART 7--EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES 63. Certificates and documents 64. Rules 65. Registers 66. Minutes 67. Entries 68. Defaults by society 69. Restrictions on powers 70. Too few members 71. Name 72. Seal 73. Allotment of shares 74. False copies of rules 75. Falsification 76. Fraud or misappropriation 77. Commission 78. Contravention of Act 79. Recovery of penalties 80. Civil remedies PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS 80A. Review of decisions 80B. Notification of decisions 80C. Determination of fees 80D. Approved forms 81. Regulation-making power ENDNOTES