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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
42References to purported entry into contracts etc—div 3.6
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42 References to purported entry into contracts etc—div 3.6
(1) For this division, a nonexistent incorporated association purports to
enter into a contract if—
(a) a person executes a contract in the name of an incorporated
association where no incorporated association of that name
exists; or
(b) a person purports to enter into a contract as agent or trustee for
a proposed incorporated association.
(2) For this division, a person purports to execute a contract as agent or
trustee of a nonexistent incorporated association if the person
executes a contract or purports to enter into a contract mentioned in
subsection (1) (a) or (b).
(3) For this division, the incorporation of an association in relation to the
purported entry into a contract by a nonexistent incorporated
association means—
(a) if a person has executed a contract in the name of an
incorporated association where no incorporated association of
that name exists—the incorporation of an association that,
having regard to all the circumstances, is reasonably identifiable
with the proposed incorporated association in the name of which
the contract was executed; or
(b) if a person has purported to enter into a contract as an agent or
trustee for a proposed incorporated association—the
incorporation of an association that, having regard to all the
circumstances, is reasonably identifiable with the proposed
incorporated association.