19Amalgamation of incorporated associations

19 Amalgamation of incorporated associations (1) Subject to subsection (2), if an application for the amalgamation of two or more incorporated associations is made in accordance with section 18, the Registrar must register the amalgamated association as a single incorporated association. (2) The Registrar must refuse to register the proposed amalgamated association if— (a) the proposed amalgamated association is to be carried on for the purpose of securing pecuniary profit for its members; or For circumstances under which, for the purposes of this Act, an association is taken not to be securing pecuniary profit for its members, see section 4. (b) the registration of the name of the proposed amalgamated association is prohibited under section 22; or (c) the rules of the proposed amalgamated association do not comply with the requirements under section 47.