81Requirements for and restrictions on names

81 Requirements for and restrictions on names

81 Requirements for and restrictions on names

(1) The name of a co-operative housing society must include the words “co-operative housing society” or “co-op housing society”.

(2) The name of a Starr-Bowkett society must include the word “Starr-Bowkett”.

(3) The name of an association must include the word “co-operative” or “co-op”.

(4) The name of a Starr-Bowkett society or an association must end with the word “Limited” or the abbreviation “Ltd”. The name of a co-operative housing society must not include the word “Limited” or any abbreviation of that word.

(5) The Registrar must not register a proposed co-operative housing body’s rules, or an alteration of rules affecting a co-operative housing body’s name, if the Registrar is of the opinion that the name for the proposed body or body—

(a) is the name of a co-operative housing body, or

(b) is reserved or registered for a financial institution or proposed financial institution under the financial institutions legislation, or

(c) is reserved or registered for a body corporate under the Corporations Act, or

(d) is on the national business names register, or

(e) is likely to be confused with a name mentioned in paragraphs (a)–(d), or

(f) is undesirable.

(6) The Registrar may direct a co-operative housing body to change its name if, through inadvertence or otherwise, the body is registered by a name that the Registrar is satisfied is a name that would not be permissible under this section.

s 81: Am 2001 No 34, Sch 4.11 [11].