21Registrar of Co-operatives

21 Registrar of Co-operatives

(1) Subject to the Public Administration Act 2004, there is to be a Registrar of Co-operatives for the purposes of—

(a) this Act; and

(b) the Co-operatives National Law (Victoria); and

(c) the Co-operatives National Regulations (Victoria); and

(d) the local regulations.

(2) The person employed as the Registrar of Co‑operatives under the Public Administration Act 2004 is a body corporate under the name "Registrar of Co-operatives".

(3) By that name, the Registrar of Co-operatives—

(a) has perpetual succession; and

(b) has an official seal; and

(c) may sue and be sued; and

(d) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and

(e) may do and suffer all things that a body corporate may by law do and suffer.