(1) In this section
—
body includes a public authority;
public authority means —
(a)
Minister of the State or the Commonwealth; or
(b) a
government department, agency or organisation of the State or the
Commonwealth; or
(c) a
body, corporate or unincorporated, that is established or continued for a
public purpose by the State or the Commonwealth, regardless of the way it is
established; or
(d) a
local government or regional local government;
relevant contract means a contract as to the
manner in which property referred to in subsection (2), or any part of the
property, is to be dealt with if an incorporated association is wound up or
its incorporation is cancelled.
(2) Where property has
been provided to an incorporated association by any body, a distribution plan
in respect of the association must give effect to any relevant contract that
has been made between the association and the body.
(3) Subsection (2)
—
(a)
applies only if, and to the extent that, the contract is binding on the
association; and
(b) does
not apply if, or to the extent that, the body concerned agrees otherwise.
(4) Subject to
subsection (2), property of the association consisting of property provided by
a public authority, must be returned to —
(a) the
public authority that provided the property; or
(b) a
body nominated by that public authority.