Queensland Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1981 - SECT 30

30 Use of ‘incorporated’ as part of name etc.

(1) A person or unincorporated association must not operate under, or use as its name or title, a name or title that includes the word ‘incorporated’, or an abbreviation of the word.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) , and each person having the control of the management of an association that contravenes the subsection, commits an offence.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(3) For this section, a person has control of the management of an association if the person is in a position to influence the association’s conduct of the association in relation to the offence.

(4) However, it is a defence for the person to prove that the person took all reasonable steps to ensure that the association complied with subsection (1) .