Victorian Current Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION REFORM ACT 2012 - SECT 191

    (1)     The Registrar must keep a register of incorporated associations in the form determined by the Registrar.

    (2)     The register must be open for public inspection.

S. 191(3) substituted by No. 33/2015 s. 16(1).

    (3)     The purpose of keeping the register is to enable members of the public to have access to information about the purposes, rules, contact details and secretaries of incorporated associations in Victoria.

    (4)     The register must include the following details for each association incorporated under this Act—

        (a)     the number issued to the association by the Registrar on its incorporation;

        (b)     its name;

        (c)     any previous names and the dates they were current;

        (d)     its current registered address and the date registered;

        (e)     its previous registered address and the date registered;

S. 191(4)(f) repealed by No. 33/2015 s. 16(2)(a).

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        (g)     whether or not it is currently incorporated;

        (h)     the date it was incorporated;

              (i)     the name and date of appointment of its current secretary;

        (j)     the name and date of appointment of each previous secretary and public officer;

        (k)     the date on which the financial year of the association ends;

S. 191(4)(l) repealed by No. 33/2015 s. 16(2)(a).

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        (m)     the date of its last annual general meeting;

        (n)     whether, for the purposes of the last financial year, the association is a tier one association, a tier two association or a tier three association;

S. 191(4)(o) amended by No. 33/2015 s. 16(2)(b).

        (o)     a copy of its rules and the date they were entered in the Register;

S. 191(4)(p)(q) repealed by No. 50/2014 s. 7.

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        (r)     any other information prescribed by the regulations.

    (5)     The register must contain the following details for each association the incorporation of which has been cancelled—

        (a)     the name of the association immediately before its incorporation was cancelled;

        (b)     the date that its incorporation was cancelled.

    (6)     Subject to the Public Records Act 1973 , the Registrar may destroy or dispose of any document contained in the register if—

        (a)     a transparency or electronic copy of the document has been incorporated in the register; and

        (b)     the Registrar considers it is no longer necessary or desirable to retain the original document.