Queensland Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1981 - SECT 161

161 Existing decisions to give consent to proposed registration as cooperative

(1) This section applies if, before the commencement, the chief executive—

(a) having considered an application made under former section 105L, decided to consent to an incorporated association’s proposed registration as a cooperative; and

(b) had not issued a certificate under former section 105M(1) in relation to the decision.

(2) For subsection (1)(a), the chief executive decided to give the consent if the chief executive was satisfied of the matters mentioned in former section 105M(2) in relation to the application.

(3) The chief executive must promptly give the incorporated association a certificate that states the chief executive—

(a) is satisfied of the matters mentioned in former section 105M(2); and

(b) consents to the association’s proposed registration as a co-operative under the Co-operatives National Law (Queensland).

(4) A certificate given to an incorporated association under subsection (3) expires 30 days after it is given.