43Application for incorporation

#### 43 Application for incorporation (1) The committee of an Aboriginal association may apply to the Registrar, in writing signed by each member of the committee, for the incorporation of the association under this Act. (2) An application under subsection (1) shall state: (a) the proposed name of the Association when incorporated, which shall include the words “Aboriginal Corporation” or the words “Torres Strait Islanders Corporation”; (b) the objects of the association; (c) whether the members of the association are to be liable to contribute towards the payment of the debts and liabilities of the association and, if so, the extent of that liability; (d) the place or places where the activities of the association are, or are to be, carried on; and (e) the names and addresses of the persons who constitute the committee of the association; and shall be accompanied by a statement of the Rules by which, in the event of the incorporation of the association, its affairs are to be regulated. (3) Subject to this Act and the regulations, the Rules referred to in subsection (2) shall make provision for and in relation to: (a) the qualifications of members of the association; (b) the creation of the executive offices of the association and the procedure for filling those offices; (c) the procedure for the settling of disputes between the association and its members; (d) the constitution of the Governing Committee of the association and the powers of that Committee; (e) the procedure for the conduct of meetings of the Governing Committee of the association; (ea) the matters for which the Rules are to provide under section 58A in relation to meetings of the association; (f) the manner in which the funds of the association are to be managed; (g) the method of altering the rules of the association, whether by making new rules or by varying or rescinding rules in force; and (h) the method of altering the objects of the association; and may make provision, not contrary to law, for and in relation to any other matter. (4) The Rules of an association with respect to any matter may be based on Aboriginal custom.