Western Australian Numbered Acts

PHARMACY ACT 2010 (NO. 32 OF 2010) - SECT 88

88 .         Incorporation of Pharmaceutical Society

        (1)         On the commencement day —

            (a)         the unincorporated Pharmaceutical Society is to be taken to be an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1987 with the name of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia (Incorporated); and

            (b)         the rules of the unincorporated Pharmaceutical Society in existence immediately before the commencement day are to be taken to be the rules of the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society for the purposes of the Associations Incorporation Act 1987 (the Rules ); and

            (c)         any member of the former Council in office immediately before the commencement day is to be taken to be a member of the committee or other body having management of the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society until the first annual general meeting held after the commencement day; and

            (d)         the president and deputy president of the former Council in office immediately before the commencement day are to be taken be the president and deputy president of the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society until the first annual general meeting held after the commencement day; and

            (e)         any trustee or member of the unincorporated Pharmaceutical Society immediately before the commencement day is to be taken to be a trustee or member of the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society.

        (2)         As soon as practicable after the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia (Incorporated) is incorporated, the Commissioner is to issue a certificate of incorporation to the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society.

        (3)         As soon as practicable after the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia (Incorporated) is incorporated, the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society must lodge a copy of the Rules with the Commissioner accompanied by any fee prescribed for making an application for the incorporation of an association under the Associations Incorporation Act 1987 section 5(1).

        (4)         If the Commissioner is of the opinion that the Rules lodged by the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society do not conform to the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act 1987 , the Commissioner may by a written notice given to the incorporated Pharmaceutical Society direct that the Rules are to be altered in the manner specified in the notice and the Rules are to be taken to have been altered in that manner.