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Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
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#### 404 Requirements before application can be made
404 Requirements before application can be made
> > (1) Before an application is made under section 403, the co-operative must, by special resolution passed by a special postal ballot—
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> > > (a) approve the proposed application; and
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> > > (b) decide under what name the co-operative is to apply to be registered, incorporated or otherwise established; and
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> > > (c) adopt constituent documents that may be necessary or considered desirable.
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> > (2) An application cannot be made under section 403 in respect of a co-operative without share capital unless—
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> > > (a) the application is made at least 2 weeks after a notice has been published in a newspaper circulating generally in the district in which the registered office of the co-operative is situated advising of the proposal to submit the proposed special resolution to members of the co-operative; and
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> > > (b) either—
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> > > > (i) in a case where the new body will have share capital—all the members of the co-operative will have an equal shareholding; or
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> > > > (ii) in any case—the Registrar approves in writing of the making of the application.
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> > (3) The name applied for need not be the same as that of the co-operative and must not include the word “Co-operative” or another word or abbreviation importing a similar meaning.
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> > (4) The Registrar may, by designated instrument, exempt a co-operative from compliance with a provision of this section and section 248 in relation to a matter to which this section applies.
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> > (5) An exemption may be given unconditionally or subject to conditions.