13Incorporation of parents and citizens associations

13 Incorporation of parents and citizens associations

13 Incorporation of parents and citizens associations

(1) A parents and citizens association may, if it is not incorporated, apply to the Minister for incorporation under this Act.

(2) The application is to be in writing and signed by the officers of the association.

(3) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that the association is incorporated under this Act. The Minister may reject the application if satisfied that the association will not comply with the requirements of this Part.

(4) On the publication of the notice (or on a later date specified in the notice), a body corporate with the name of the association is constituted and the unincorporated body with that name is dissolved.

(5) The members of the incorporated association are the persons who become members in accordance with its rules. The persons who were members of the association immediately before its incorporation become members on its incorporation if qualified under the rules of the incorporated association.

s 13: Ins 1991 No 19, Sch 1. Am 2014 No 12, Sch 1 [2].