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Office of Regulatory Services

Information on this page has been taken directly from: http://www.ors.act.gov.au/BIL/WebPages/Assocns/associations.html

The Office of Regulatory Services (ORS) undertakes licensing, registration and accreditation, dispute resolution and consumer and trader assistance, compliance and enforcement/litigation, and education.

Associations are responsible for the annual reporting of their status to the Registrar-General in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (external webpage).

Associations, or not for profit organisations, may apply to the Office of Regulatory Services (ORS) for incorporation in the ACT under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (external webpage). The incorporation of Associations provides the  public record of the financial affairs and status of an association, and of changes to its key personnel. All Preschool Parent Associations and the CPS are incorporated associations - CLICK HERE to read more about the benefit of this (CPS webpage).

Incorporation provides associations with legal status and places certain obligations upon them, including establishing and maintaining their public record.  To this end, incorporated associations are required to lodge with the ORS annual financial statements, notification of changes to their committees, public officers and registered offices.  Associations are also required to notify the ORS when they resolve to change their name, amalgamate with another ACT incorporated association or to voluntarily wind up.

Certain documents held by the ORS  are not available for public scrutiny, including correspondence between the ORS and proprietors of business names, although they may be available under the a request via the Freedom of Information Act 1989.

For further assistance in relation to associations, please refer to the following links:

Forms

General Information

Legislation Links (external webpages)

  • Associations Incorporations Act 1991 This is the legislation that governs Incorporated Associations.
  • Associations Incorporations Regulations 1991 This contains the Model Rules. These are the "fall back" constitution for all constitutions - when the Association's constitution is unable to assist the association to manage their affairs. They start at about page 8. This is where you can find out about how to hold general meetings and how to transact business when there is no quorum. Look at Model rules Schedule 1 General meetings Part 1.4 Section 25 General meetings - procedure and quorum Items 3 and 4. (page 27).
  • Registrar-General Act 1993

Contacts

  • ACT Business Names and Associations Phone: (02) 620 70473
  • ACT Business Names and Associations Fax: (02) 620 70487
  • Other Useful Agencies (external webpage)

 

The information below does not seek to replace the information that is to be obtained from the Registrar General's Office - it is aimed to give you a brief understanding of the processes involved when an Association needs to reassess its entity, its obligations and responsibilities.  More information should be sought from the Office of Regulatory Services Website, and, of course, we urge you to seek out independent legal advice - due, mostly, to the fact that we are not equipped to be your Association's legal counsel.

 Page updated: 30 March 2010

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