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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION REFORM ACT 2012 - SECT 145

Common modifications

    (1)     For the purposes of any matter declared under this Division to be an applied Corporations legislation matter, the following modifications to the text of the Corporations Act apply—

        (a)     a reference to a company or body is to be read as a reference to an incorporated association;

        (b)     a reference to the incorporation of a body is to be read as the incorporation of an association under this Act;

        (c)     a reference to the deregistration of a company is to be read as a reference to the cancellation of incorporation of an association under Division 3 of Part 10 of this Act;

        (d)     a reference to the directors of a company is to be read as a reference to the members of the committee of an incorporated association;

        (e)     a reference to the board of a body corporate is to be read as a reference to the committee of an incorporated association;

        (f)     a reference to the secretary of a company is to be read as a reference to the secretary of an incorporated association;

        (g)     a reference to the principal place of business of a company is to be read as a reference to the registered address of an incorporated association;

        (h)     a reference to a company carrying on business or having a place of business is to be read as a reference to an incorporated association pursuing its purposes;

              (i)     a reference to ASIC is to be read as a reference to the Registrar;

        (j)     a reference to a document in the prescribed form is to be read as a reference to a document in the corresponding form prescribed under the Corporations Act with all necessary modifications;

        (k)     a reference to the Court is to be read as a reference to the Supreme Court;

        (l)     a reference to the lodgment of a document is to be read as a reference to lodgement of a document with the Registrar;

        (m)     a reference to a company's constitution is to be read as a reference to an incorporated association's rules;

        (n)     a reference to a special resolution is to be read as a reference to a special resolution within the meaning of this Act;

        (o)     a reference to an officer of a company is to be read as a reference to an office holder of an incorporated association and, where applicable, a reference to a former officer is a reference to a past office holder of the committee of an incorporated association;

        (p)     a reference to a contributory of a company is to be read as a reference to a member of an incorporated association;

        (q)     a reference to a registered liquidator is to be read as a reference to a person registered as a liquidator under section 1282(2) of the Corporations Act;

        (r)     a reference to a registered company auditor is to be read as a reference to a person permitted to audit the accounts of an incorporated association under this Act;

        (s)     a reference to the Commonwealth is to be read as a reference to the State.

    (2)     For the purposes of any matter declared under this Division to be an applied Corporations legislation matter, a reference in a provision of the Corporations Act to "this Act" is to be read as a reference to—

        (a)     the provisions of the Corporations Act declared to apply to the matter, with the modifications to which the declaration is made subject; and

        (b)     the provisions of the Corporations Act that are taken to apply to the matter by virtue of section 19(1) of the Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001 .



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