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Associations Incorporation Act 1981
sec.17Nominated address for service
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### sec.17 Nominated address for service
The members of the management committee of an incorporated association—
must ensure that the association has an address nominated for the service of documents on the association (a nominated address ) complying with subsection (2) ; and
must give the chief executive written notice of the nominated address in the approved form.
Maximum penalty for each member of the management committee—5 penalty units.
The nominated address must be a place in the State where a document can be served personally on a person.
A post office box is not a place that can be shown as a nominated address.
It is a defence to a prosecution of a member of a management committee for an offence against subsection (1) for the member to prove he or she took all reasonable steps to ensure the association complied with subsection (1) .
The members of the management committee may change the incorporated association’s nominated address by giving the chief executive notice in the approved form.
s 17 ins 1995 No. 7 s 6
amd 1996 No. 56 s 8 ; 2007 No. 16 s 10
(sec.17-ssec.1) The members of the management committee of an incorporated association— must ensure that the association has an address nominated for the service of documents on the association (a nominated address ) complying with subsection (2) ; and must give the chief executive written notice of the nominated address in the approved form. Maximum penalty for each member of the management committee—5 penalty units.
(sec.17-ssec.2) The nominated address must be a place in the State where a document can be served personally on a person. A post office box is not a place that can be shown as a nominated address.
(sec.17-ssec.3) It is a defence to a prosecution of a member of a management committee for an offence against subsection (1) for the member to prove he or she took all reasonable steps to ensure the association complied with subsection (1) .
(sec.17-ssec.4) The members of the management committee may change the incorporated association’s nominated address by giving the chief executive notice in the approved form.
- (a) must ensure that the association has an address nominated for the service of documents on the association (a nominated address ) complying with subsection (2) ; and
- (b) must give the chief executive written notice of the nominated address in the approved form.