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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
92Property of defunct association
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92 Property of defunct association
(1) On the dissolution or the completion of the winding up of an
incorporated association, any surplus property of the association is,
subject to any trust affecting the property or part of it, taken to—
(a) vest in another association (whether or not the other association
is incorporated), being an association that complies with
subsection (2) and that—
(i) has been nominated for this paragraph in the rules of the
former association; or
(ii) if no association is nominated in those rules—has been
nominated by special resolution of the former association;
or
(b) vest in a fund, authority or institution in Australia mentioned in
the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cwlth), subdivision 30-B
(i) has been nominated for this paragraph in the rules of the
former association; or
(ii) if a fund, authority or institution in Australia is not
nominated in the rules—has been nominated by special
resolution of the former association; or
(c) if no association, fund, authority or institution has been
nominated in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b)—vest in the
registrar-general.
(2) For subsection (1) (a), an association is taken to comply with this
subsection if it—
(a) has objects substantially the same as the objects of the former
(b) is not carried on for the object of securing pecuniary gain for its
members; and
(c) has a provision in its rules requiring any surplus property of the
association to be passed, on the dissolution or winding-up of the
association, to another association that—
(i) has objects substantially the same as the firstmentioned
(ii) is not carried on for the object of securing pecuniary gain
for its members.
(3) If, for subsection (1), a former association has nominated another
association or a fund, authority or institution, by special resolution,
the former association must lodge with the registrar-general a notice
in writing, signed by at least 2 members of the committee of the
former association, certifying that the special resolution was duly
passed.
(4) A person aggrieved by the operation of subsection (1) in relation to
the surplus property of a former association may apply to the Supreme
Court for an order in relation to the property.
(5) If an incorporated association has been wound up and, in accordance
with subsection (1), land or an interest in land (being land in the ACT)
vested in the incorporated association is taken to vest in another
association, in a fund, authority or institution or in the registrar-
general, the registrar-general must enter the entity in which the
property is vested as the registered proprietor of the land or interest
in land on the land titles register.
(6) In this section:
surplus property means any property or interest in property of a
former association that remains after the satisfaction of any debts or
liabilities of the former association and any costs, charges or expenses
incurred in the winding-up of the former association.