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Co-operatives Act.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
to 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Repealed by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