Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act (No 3) 1986 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 3) 1986

No. 40 of 1986

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 14 August 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Co-operative Societies Ordinance 1939

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 3) 1986.¹

Commencement

2.  This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for Territories by notice in the Gazette.

Principal Ordinance

3.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Co-operative Societies Ordinance 1939.²

Name and address of society

4.  Section 40 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end the following sub-section:

“(5) Where a notice is transmitted after the expiration of the period of 14 days referred to in sub-section (4), the notice shall be accompanied by the determined fee.”.

Returns

5.  Section 44 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

“(1A)  Where a notice is transmitted after the expiration of the period of 14 days referred to in sub-section (1), the notice shall be accompanied by the determined fee.”;

(b)by omitting from sub-section (5) “section 14 (5)” and substituting “section 14)”; and

(c)by inserting after sub-section (5) the following sub-section:

“(5A)  Where a return is transmitted by a society, other than a prescribed trading society within the meaning of section 14, after the expiration of—

(a)the period of 3 months referred to in sub-section (2); or

(b)such further period as the Registrar authorises under that sub-section,

the return shall be accompanied by the determined fee.”.

Alteration of Rules

6.  Section 50 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:

“(3A)  Where an application is made after the expiration of the period of one month referred to in sub-section (2), the application shall be accompanied by the determined fee.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 August 1986.

2. No. 9, 1939 as amended to date.  For previous amendments see Note 2 and No. 9, 1986 and see also Nos. 9 and 10, 1986.