Co-operatives Act. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Northern Territory Document type Legislation Date 1997 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleto provide a legislative framework for the formation, registration and management of cooperatives that enables flexibility in the operation of cooperatives and promotes the development of cooperatives, and to repeal the Co-operative Societies Act and the Co-operative Trading Societies (Loans Guarantee) Act. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Cooperative/producer organization Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act provides the legislative framework for the formation, registration and operation of cooperatives. The Act consists of 461 sections and is divided into 19 Parts. It contains provisions on the formation of cooperatives (Part 2), their legal capacity and powers (Part 3), their membership (Part 4), their rules and active membership (Parts 5 and 6), their shares (Part 7) and voting (Part 8), their management and administration (Part 9), their funds and property (Part 10), their merger and winding up (Part 12), foreign cooperatives (Part 14) and on the administration of the Act and on offences and penalties. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implemented by Co-operatives Regulations. Legislation | Australia | 1998 (2011) Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Co-operatives (National Uniform Legislation) Act. Legislation | Australia | 2015 (2021) Keyword: Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization, Registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Gender, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX