Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Registrar may refuse to register or receive a document submitted for lodgement by or on behalf of an incorporated association if the Registrar is of the opinion that the document is not a valid document of the association.
(2) If the Registrar refuses under subsection (1) to register or receive a document, the incorporated association that lodged the document or on whose behalf the document was lodged—
(a) may request that the Registrar reconsider the refusal; and
(b) may provide to the Registrar any documents in support of the request.
(3) The Registrar must refer to the Magistrates' Court the question of whether or not a document is valid if—
(a) an incorporated association has requested under subsection (2) that the Registrar reconsider a refusal to register or receive the document; and
(b) the Registrar remains of the opinion that the document is not a valid document; and
(c) the incorporated association requests that the Registrar refer the matter to the Magistrates' Court.
(4) The Magistrates' Court may—
(a) make an order declaring a document to be a valid document of an incorporated association; or
(b) make an order declaring a document not to be a valid document of an incorporated association.
(5) If the Magistrates' Court makes an order declaring a document to be a valid document of an incorporated association, the Registrar must register the document.