147Associated organisations—declaration

147 Associated organisations—declaration (1) The commission may, in writing, declare that an entity is an associated organisation for a club. (2) However, the commission may make a declaration (an associated organisation declaration) for an entity only if satisfied that— (a) it is associated with the club; and (b) it is not carried on for profit or gain to its members or anyone else; and (c) it does not have the power to remove a director from the club’s board; and (d) it is incorporated or a registered party; and

(e) its statement of objects— (i) includes eligible objects; and (ii) indicates that the eligible objects together make up the main part of its objects; and (f) it is conducted mainly to achieve eligible objects; and (g) declaration of the entity as an associated organisation— (i) would not cause the club to stop being conducted mainly to achieve eligible objects; and (ii) would help the club to achieve its eligible objects. (3) For this section— (a) a reference to the statement of objects of an entity incorporated under the Corporations Act is a reference to its memorandum; and (b) a reference to an eligible object of an entity that is not a club is a reference to an object that would be an eligible object if the entity were a club.