{"id":"fremantle-buffalo-club-incorporated-act-1964","name":"Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964","slug":"fremantle-buffalo-club-incorporated-act-1964","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30647,"registerId":"wa-fremantle-buffalo-club-incorporated-act-1964-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nFremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964\n\nWestern Australia\n\nFremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Definition 2\n\n3. Vesting of Club property in Association 2\n\n4. Club to be released from liabilities and wound up 3\n\n5. No stamp duty payable when vesting property 3\n\n6. Licences to continue in force 3\n\n7. Club to continue prior to issue of Certificate of Incorporation 4\n\n8. Association to be registered club 4\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 5\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nFremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964\n\nAn Act to resolve certain difficulties concerning the legal position of “The Fremantle Buffalo Club,” a Company duly registered under the *Companies Act, 1893*, and to vest the assets of the Company in an Association to be formed and registered under the *Associations Incorporation Act (59 Vict., No. 20), 1895-1962*, and for other purposes arising out of such difficulties and incidental to such vesting.\n\nWHEREAS:\n\n(a) Certain difficulties have arisen concerning the legal position of The Fremantle Buffalo Club, a company duly registered under the *Companies Act 1893*, by reason of the omission over a period of years to keep proper records of the shareholders of the Company and of the impossibility of determining who are the present shareholders of the Company.\n\n(b) In order to overcome the said difficulties it is proposed to form and register an association under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895‑1962*, to be known as “Fremantle Buffalo Club Incorporated” for the purpose of carrying on the activities heretofore conducted by the Company;\n\n(c) It is deemed advisable and expedient that such difficulties should be resolved and the assets of the Company vested in the said Fremantle Buffalo Club Incorporated when so formed and registered.\n\nBE it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964*.\n\n##### 2. Definition\n\nIn this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —\n\n  Association means the Association proposed to be registered under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895-1962*, and to be known as the “Fremantle Buffalo Club Incorporated”;\n\n  Club means Fremantle Buffalo Club, a company duly registered under the *Companies Act 1893*.\n\n  member means a financial member of the Club as defined by the Articles of Association;\n\n  Registrar means the Registrar of Companies under the *Companies Act 1961-1962*.\n\n##### 3. Vesting of Club property in Association\n\nImmediately upon —\n\n(a) the issue by the Registrar of a Certificate of Incorporation under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895-1962*, in respect of the Association; and\n\n(b) the filing with the Registrar of a notice of resolution in the form required by the *Companies Act 1961-1962*, to the effect that a properly convened special general meeting of the Club a special resolution within the meaning of the *Companies Act 1961-1962*, was passed approving of the vesting of the property of the Club under this section,\n\nall property belonging to, or held by any person in trust for, or on behalf of, the Club, and the right of the Club to recover and receive all debts and other choses in action shall, without any conveyance, transfer, or assignment, by force of this Act, be vested in the Association; and all liabilities and engagements of the Club at the time of such vesting shall become the liabilities and engagements of the Association, and all uncompleted contracts or engagements heretofore entered into by any person or persons with the Club shall thereafter, to the extent that the same shall be uncompleted, be deemed to have been entered into with the Association and each and every member shall become a member of the Association without payment of any entrance fee.\n\n##### 4. Club to be released from liabilities and wound up\n\nUpon the vesting of the property of the Club in the Association pursuant to section three of this Act the Club shall —\n\n(a) be released from any liability to pay any fine, fee or other monetary payment whatsoever resulting from the Club's past failure to comply with any Act or regulation applicable to companies;\n\n(b) be deemed to be dissolved and wound up and the Registrar shall thereupon strike the Club off the register of companies kept by him.\n\n##### 5. No stamp duty payable when vesting property\n\nAny act, manner or thing done or agreement entered into in order to vest the property of the Club in the Association pursuant to this Act shall be exempt from stamp duty chargeable under the Stamp Act and amendments thereto.\n\n##### 6. Licences to continue in force\n\nOn the passing of this Act any licence or licences previously issued to the Club pursuant to the provisions of the *Licensing Act 1911*, and amendments thereto or any other Act whatsoever shall be deemed to have been issued to the Association and subject only to the provisions of the relevant Act or Acts and regulations applicable to such licence or licences the same shall continue in force and be applicable to the Association as though the Association and the Club were and had always been one and the same.\n\n##### 7. Club to continue prior to issue of Certificate of Incorporation\n\nBetween the period of the passing of this Act and the date of the issue by the Registrar of a Certificate of Incorporation for the Association under the *Associations Incorporation Act 1895-1962*, the Club may continue to exercise all the rights and privileges and be subject to the liabilities of a registered club within the meaning of the *Licensing Act 1911*, and amendments thereto.\n\n##### 8. Association to be registered club\n\nOn the issue of a Certificate of Incorporation for the Association under *Associations Incorporation Act 1895-1962*, the Association shall thenceforth be entitled to exercise all the rights and privileges of and become subject to the liabilities of a registered club within the meaning of the *Licensing Act 1911*, and amendments thereto.\n\nNotes\n\n1. This is a compilation of the *Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964* and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964* | 13 Elizabeth II (Private Act) | 12 Nov 1964 | 12 Nov 1964 |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nAssociation 2\n\nClub 2\n\nmember 2\n\nRegistrar 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act implements the remedial purpose stated in its preamble: to resolve record‑keeping difficulties by vesting the Club’s assets in a newly incorporated association, transferring liabilities, winding up the company, continuing licences, and exempting stamp duty. It confines itself to those measures and does not broaden the Club’s activities or regulatory powers beyond what is necessary to effect the transfer and wind‑up (preamble; ss3–8)."},"complexity_factors":["Automatic statutory vesting of all property, debts and choses in action without any conveyance or assignment, but conditional on two administrative triggers (issue of Certificate of Incorporation and filing of a special resolution) (s3).","Transfer of liabilities and engagements to the Association on vesting creates a clear cost-shift to the Association from the Club (s3).","Simultaneous release and winding up of the Club, including a statutory release from liabilities for certain past failures to comply with company laws, raises a potential tension as to which monetary obligations are extinguished or retained (s3; s4(a)–(b)).","Licences previously issued to the Club are deemed issued to the Association and continue to operate before and after incorporation, affecting regulatory compliance and ongoing obligations (ss6–8).","Stamp duty exemption for acts done to effect the vesting simplifies transaction costs but depends on statutory construction of 'acts' done under this Act (s5).","The Act interacts explicitly with multiple statutes (Companies Act, Associations Incorporation Act, Licensing Act), increasing legal cross‑references and administrative dependencies (preamble; ss2–3).","Defined terms tie membership to the Company’s Articles and Registrar actions; this creates potential ambiguity about eligibility and timing until administrative filings are complete (s2; s3(a)–(b)).","The measure is narrowly targeted (private Act) and short, so procedural complexity is low but implementation depends on accurate administrative filings and Registrar decisions (ss3–4, 4(b))."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act transfers, by force of law, all property, debts, contracts and rights of the Fremantle Buffalo Club (a company) into a newly formed ‘Fremantle Buffalo Club Incorporated’ once the Association is incorporated and a club special resolution is filed. Members become members of the Association without paying an entrance fee; the Association assumes the Club’s liabilities while the old company is wound up and discharged from certain company‑specific fines. Existing licences continue to apply to the Association and acts to effect the vesting are exempt from stamp duty."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. It was enacted specifically to resolve the shareholder record-keeping failure of the Fremantle Buffalo Club and facilitate its transition from a company to an incorporated association. The Act has not expanded beyond this discrete, transactional purpose. There are no subsequent amendments or creeping provisions that would suggest scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Only 8 operative sections covering a single, discrete transaction","4 defined terms, all straightforward (proper nouns and references to other statutes)","Minimal cross-referencing — primarily references to external statutes (Companies Act, Associations Incorporation Act, Licensing Act) rather than internal complexity","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond simple 'upon registration, then X happens' sequencing","Single purpose legislation with linear temporal structure (pass Act → register association → transfer assets → dissolve old company)","No delegated legislation or regulation-making powers","Language is largely declarative rather than prescriptive"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, specific law from Western Australia that solves a paperwork problem for a local club.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe Fremantle Buffalo Club was a company (a legal structure for businesses) that had lost track of who its shareholders were over many years. This made it legally difficult to operate properly. Rather than trying to track down decades of missing records, this law creates a clean legal shortcut:\n\n- It allows the formation of a new organisation called \"Fremantle Buffalo Club Incorporated\" (an incorporated association — a simpler legal structure for non-profit community groups).\n- Once the new association is officially registered and the old club's members vote to approve the transfer, all the old club's property, money owed to it, debts, and contracts automatically transfer to the new association by force of law. No paperwork like deeds or transfers are needed.\n- The old company is then dissolved and removed from the companies register.\n- Importantly, the law wipes the slate clean on any fines or fees the old company owed for failing to keep proper company records.\n- Any liquor licences held by the old club automatically continue with the new association.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Members of the Fremantle Buffalo Club (they automatically become members of the new association without paying new fees).\n- The club itself (it gets to continue operating without being crippled by historical administrative failures).\n- Creditors and people who had contracts with the club (their arrangements continue with the new association).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is an example of a \"private Act\" — legislation written to solve a specific problem for one organisation that couldn't be fixed through normal legal processes. Without this law, the club might have faced legal limbo, potential liquidation, or massive costs trying to reconstruct decades of missing shareholder records. It shows how parliaments can intervene with bespoke solutions when standard corporate law creates unfair or impractical outcomes."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not available for review. No content was returned to compare against original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No actual legislative text was retrievable — the source page returned a 404-style error message","Cannot assess complexity without content","Historical private incorporation Acts of this era were typically short and narrow in scope, suggesting low complexity if content were available"],"plain_english_summary":"## Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964\n\n**The content of this legislation is not available for analysis.**\n\nThe page that was retrieved does not contain the actual text of the *Fremantle Buffalo Club (Incorporated) Act 1964* (WA). Instead, it shows a website error message indicating the page has been moved or is no longer accessible on the Western Australian legislation website.\n\n**What we can reasonably infer:**\n- This is a Western Australian Act from 1964\n- It likely relates to the incorporation (giving legal status to) of the Fremantle Buffalo Club — probably a social, fraternal, or community organisation\n- Acts of this type typically granted a specific club or association formal legal recognition, allowing it to own property, enter contracts, and sue or be sued in its own name\n\n**To find the actual text**, visit the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for the Act directly."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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