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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION AMENDMENT (CANCELLATION OF INCORPORATION) BILL 2007





                        New South Wales




Associations Incorporation
Amendment (Cancellation of
Incorporation) Bill 2007


Contents

                                                                         Page
           1   Name of Act                                                 2
           2   Commencement                                                2
           3   Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1984 No 143     2
           4   Amendment of other Acts                                     2
           5   Repeal of Act                                               2
  Schedule 1   Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1984            3
  Schedule 2   Amendment of other Acts                                     6
I certify that this public bill, which originated in the Legislative Assembly, has
finally passed the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of New
South Wales.


                                                  Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                                  Legislative Assembly,
                                                  Sydney,                     , 2007




                              New South Wales




Associations Incorporation
Amendment (Cancellation of
Incorporation) Bill 2007
Act No      , 2007




An Act to amend the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 with respect to the
cancellation of the incorporation of associations that are incorporated under that Act.




I have examined this bill and find it to correspond in all respects with the bill as
finally passed by both Houses.


                                    Assistant Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
                  Associations Incorporation Amendment (Cancellation of Incorporation)
Clause 1          Bill 2007




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
 1    Name of Act
               This Act is the Associations Incorporation Amendment (Cancellation of
               Incorporation) Act 2007.
 2    Commencement
               This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
 3    Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1984 No 143
               The Associations Incorporation Act 1984 is amended as set out in
               Schedule 1.
 4    Amendment of other Acts
               The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are amended as set out in that
               Schedule.
 5    Repeal of Act
         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act
               commences.
         (2)   The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
               of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.




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Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1984                         Schedule 1




Schedule 1              Amendment of Associations
                        Incorporation Act 1984
                                                                            (Section 3)
[1]   Sections 54 and 54A
      Omit section 54. Insert instead:
       54    Cancellation of incorporation
              (1)   The Director-General may cancel the incorporation of an
                    incorporated association by publishing a notice to that effect in
                    the Gazette if the Director-General is satisfied that:
                     (a) the association is not in operation, or
                    (b) the association is or has been engaged in trading or
                          securing pecuniary gain for its members, or
                     (c) the association is or has been, as trustee, engaged in trading
                          or securing pecuniary gain for members of the association,
                          or
                    (d) the association was incorporated under this Act by reason
                          of fraud or mistake, or
                     (e) none of the annual general meetings required under section
                          26 to have been convened by the association during the
                          preceding period of 3 years have been convened, or
                     (f) none of the statements required under section 27 to have
                          been lodged in respect of the association during the
                          preceding period of 3 years have been lodged, or
                    (g) the association has failed to apply for approval to change
                          its name in accordance with a direction referred to in
                          section 14 (1A), or
                    (h) the association does not have at least 5 members, or
                      (i) the association does not have a public officer who is
                          resident in the State.
              (2)   An association's incorporation is not to be cancelled under this
                    section if:
                    (a) the association is in the course of being wound up under
                          section 50 or 51, or
                    (b) on the application of any person having an interest in the
                          matter, a Local Court has ordered the Director-General not
                          to cancel the association's incorporation.




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Schedule 1         Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1984




             (3)      Before cancelling an association's incorporation under this
                      section, the Director-General:
                      (a) must cause notice of the proposed cancellation to be given
                            to the association stating the ground or grounds referred to
                            in subsection (1) that the Director-General believes exist,
                            and
                      (b) must give the association and its members a period of at
                            least 28 days within which to make submissions to the
                            Director-General with respect to the proposed
                            cancellation, and
                      (c) must give due consideration to any submissions that are
                            made within that period.
             (4)      After cancelling an association's incorporation under this
                      section, the Director-General must cause notice of that fact to be
                      given to the association.
             (5)      A notice referred to in subsection (3) or (4) is to be given by
                      sending it by registered post addressed to the association:
                      (a) at the address recorded on the register kept under section
                            59 as the address of the association's public officer, or
                      (b) if the register records no such address because of vacancy
                            of office or other reason--at the address recorded on the
                            register as the association's principal place of
                            administration.
      54A    Consequences of cancellation of incorporation
             (1)      Despite the cancellation of the incorporation of an incorporated
                      association under section 54, any liability of any former public
                      officer or other officer or member of the incorporated association
                      continues and may be enforced as if the incorporation of the
                      association had not been cancelled.
             (2)      If the Director-General is satisfied that the incorporation of an
                      incorporated association should not have been cancelled under
                      section 54, the Director-General may reinstate the incorporation
                      of the association and the association is taken to have continued
                      in existence as if its incorporation had not been cancelled.
[2]   Section 55A Voluntary cancellation of incorporation
      Omit "the public officer and of each officer and member" from section 55A
      (6).
      Insert instead "any former public officer or other officer or member".




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Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1984                        Schedule 1




[3]   Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions
      Omit clause 1 (1). Insert instead:
              (1)   The regulations may contain provisions of a savings and
                    transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following
                    Acts:
                           this Act
                           Associations Incorporation (Amendment) Act 1992
                           Associations Incorporation Amendment (Cancellation of
                           Incorporation) Act 2007
[4]   Schedule 3, Part 3
      Insert after Part 2:

      Part 3        Provisions consequent on the
                    Associations Incorporation Amendment
                    (Cancellation of Incorporation) Act 2007
         7   Definition
                    In this Part:
                    amending Act means the Associations Incorporation Amendment
                    (Cancellation of Incorporation) Act 2007.
         8   Cancellations already commenced
                    Section 54, as in force immediately before the date of assent to
                    the amending Act, continues to apply in relation to any
                    cancellation of an association's incorporation that arises from a
                    notice under that section, or from a notice under section 14 (1A),
                    that was issued before that date.




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Schedule 2     Amendment of other Acts




Schedule 2            Amendment of other Acts
                                                                            (Section 4)

2.1 Police Act 1990 No 47
      Section 204B Consents for the purposes of section 204A
      Omit "(2A)" from section 204B (6) (b) (ii).

2.2 Sheriff Act 2005 No 6
      Section 12 Consents for the purposes of section 11
      Omit "(2A)" from section 12 (6) (b) (ii).




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