Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982 (Qld)

192 Qucenslant ANNO TRICESIMO PRIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE An Act to amend the Girl Guides Association Act 1970 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 20TH APRIL, 1982]

Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982 193 Preamble: Whereas the Girl Guides Association Act1970 provided for the incorporation of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association (Queensland, Australia) and for the lodging of the Royal Charters and constitution and other documentation with the Registrar of Companies at Brisbane: And Whereas it is desired that all documentation previously required to be lodged with the Registrar of Companies at Brisbane now be lodged with the Under Secretary, Department of Justice: BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982. (2) In this Act the Girl Guides Association Act1970 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Girl Guides Association Act1970-1982. 2. Repeal of and new s. 4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is omitted and the following section substituted:- " 4. Registration of Royal Charters and constitution . (1) Immediately upon the commencement of the Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982, the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs shall transmit to the Under Secretary, Department of Justice at his office copies of the Royal Charters and the constitution and any other documents lodged in his office under the Girl Guides Association Act1970 and all records therein relating to those documents. (2) The Under Secretary, Department of Justice shall keep in his office all copies of the documents and records transmitted to him pursuant to this section and shall register the Royal Charters and constitution and any amendments thereto as if they were the rules of an incorporated association. (3) Every document to which the Girl Guides Association Act1970 applied, of force and effect immediately before the commencement of the Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982, shall, on and from that commencement, be deemed to have been lodged in the office of the Under Secretary, Department of Justice.

194 Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982 (4) Copies (certified under the seal of the corporation to be true copies) of any new, amended, or supplementary Royal Charter granted to the Association or the corporation, and all amendments of the constitution made, or any new constitution adopted, after the commencement of the Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982 shall be lodged with the Under Secretary, Department of Justice after the grant, making or adoption thereof with as little delay as possible. (5) Upon receipt of a document required by subsection (4) of this section to be lodged with him, the Under Secretary, Department of Justice shall register it as if it were an alteration of the rules of an incorporated association. (6) The production of a copy of a document required by this section to be lodged with the Under Secretary, Department of Justice, certified by the Under Secretary to be correct, shall be received as conclusive evidence of the contents of the document by all courts and persons having by law or consent of parties authority to hear, receive and examine evidence. (7) The corporation shall cause to be lodged with the Under Secretary, Department of Justice at Brisbane- (a) within one month after a person ceases to be, or becomes, a member of the council a return in a form approved by the Under Secretary notifying the Under Secretary of the change and containing with respect to each then member of the council, the following particulars:- (i) the full name, the usual residential address and the business occupation (if any) of each person holding office as a member of the council and of the State Secretary of the corporation; and (ii) the situation of the office or place at which the business of the corporation is conducted; (b) within one month after a person becomes State Secretary of the corporation, a return in a form approved by the Under Secretary notifying the Under Secretary of that fact and specifying the full name, address and other occupation (if any) of that person; and (c) within one month after the date of any change in the situation of the office or place at which the business of the corporation is conducted notice in a form approved by the Under Secretary of the situation of that office or place. (8) There shall be payable to the Under Secretary in respect of each document (including any return or notice) lodged with him pursuant to this section a fee of two dollars or such other fee as may be prescribed in substitution therefor by the Governor in Council by Order in Council.".

Girl Guides Association Act Amendment Act 1982 195 3. Amendment of s. 10 . Service of notices. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words " Registrar of Companies at Brisbane " and substituting the words " Under Secretary, Department of Justice ".