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Associations Act 2003
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73 Winding up by Supreme Court on certificate of Director
(1) An incorporated association may be wound up by the Supreme
Court on the certificate of the Director issued under this section.
(2) The Director may issue a certificate for the winding up of an
incorporated association on the following grounds:
(a) that the association has contravened a condition imposed in
relation to the association by the Director under this Act;
(b) that the incorporation of the association has been obtained by
mistake or fraud;
(c) that the association has, after notice by the Director of a
breach of this Act or the constitution of the association, failed,
within the time specified in the notice, to remedy the breach;
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(d) that the association has not complied with a direction given by
the Director under section 63;
(e) that the association is defunct.
(3) For this Act, the winding up of an incorporated association on the
certificate of the Director:
(a) commences on application to the Supreme Court by the
Director and filing with the Court of a copy of the certificate;
and
(b) must proceed as if the association had by special resolution
resolved that it be wound up by the Court.