The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

An Act to incorporate the General Council of the Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch)

Preamble

Whereas there was incorporated in Great Britain by Royal Charter dated 14 December 1922 a body corporate known as the Girl Guides Association:

And whereas the Girl Guides Association was the outcome of a movement initiated in Great Britain for the special training and instruction of girls in the principles of discipline, loyalty, and good citizenship:

And whereas the aforesaid movement has spread throughout the British Commonwealth of Nations and elsewhere, and there has for many years past existed in the Dominion of New Zealand an unincorporated organisation working as a branch of and in close co-operation with the Girl Guides Association and calling itself the Girl Guides Association (Dominion of New Zealand Branch) (hereinafter referred to as the said Association):

And whereas the said Association is governed by a body called the General Council of the New Zealand Branch, the affairs of the said Association being conducted and managed by the General Council in accordance with the constitution adopted under common seal of the Association on 14 December 1937, which constitution has been approved by the Girl Guides Association in Great Britain under the common seal thereof:

And whereas in the course of its existence the New Zealand Branch of the said Association has acquired real and personal property in New Zealand, and gifts, grants, and contributions have been received by it or have been vested in trustees for the benefit of or for the use of the said Association generally or for the benefit of some particular company, pack, or other local unit within the organisation:

And whereas it is desirable that the General Council should be incorporated so that the organisation in New Zealand can function on similar lines to the Girl Guides Association in Great Britain.

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch) Incorporation Act 1942.

2 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

constitution and bylaws means the constitution and bylaws of the Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch)

Corporation means the body incorporated by this Act

General Council means the General Council of the Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch).

3 Incorporation of Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch)

The persons who on the passing of this Act are members of the General Council in accordance with the constitution and bylaws and all other persons who shall in accordance with the constitution and bylaws become members of the General Council shall henceforth be one body corporate by the name of The Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch), Incorporated, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and capable of holding real and personal property and of doing and suffering all that bodies corporate may do and suffer.

4 Powers of Corporation

The control of the Girl Guide movement in all its activities in New Zealand shall be vested in the Corporation, which, subject to the constitution and bylaws, shall have power to provide and maintain such organisation in New Zealand as the Corporation deems necessary or desirable for the performance and exercise of such duties or powers as may be delegated to it by the Association in Great Britain under the provisions of the Royal Charter, and shall also have power to do all things which the Corporation may in its discretion consider necessary or desirable for promoting the welfare of the New Zealand Branch.

5 Amendments to the constitution and bylaws

The Corporation may from time to time alter and amend the constitution and bylaws and may thereby delegate the administration of any matter within the powers of the Corporation to the Executive Committee of the Corporation appointed according to the constitution and bylaws or to such other body as the Corporation thinks fit, and the Executive Committee or such other body shall in respect of any matter so delegated have all the powers of the Corporation.

6 Transfer of property to Corporation

The Corporation shall have power to require that all real and personal property, stock, funds, securities, and other assets of every description belonging to the New Zealand Branch or held in trust for or for the use of the same or of any group or unit thereof shall be transferred to or otherwise vested in the Corporation by any person holding the same, and on any such transfer or vesting the Corporation shall thereafter execute and perform any trust or conditions affecting any of such assets and shall defray or provide for any debts or liabilities to the discharge of which the said assets or any of them shall at the time of transfer or vesting be applicable, and shall give any trustees in whom any such assets may be vested a valid receipt, discharge, and indemnity for and in respect of the transfer or vesting of the same in the Corporation. The rights of the Corporation under this section may be enforced by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

7 Provisions of Incorporated Societies Act 2022 to apply

The following provisions of the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 apply with all necessary modifications to the Corporation as if it were a society incorporated under that Act:

(a)

section 77 (members have no right to property of society):

(b)

section 78 (liability of members):

(c)

sections 110 and 111 (registered office):

(d)

section 123 (method of contracting):

(e)

section 125 (service of documents).

Section 7: replaced, on 5 April 2026, by section 270(1) of the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 (2022 No 12).

8 Registration of constitution and bylaws

(1)

As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act a copy of the Royal Charter of 14 December 1922, and a copy of the constitution and bylaws, each sealed with the seal of the Corporation, shall be delivered to the Registrar of Incorporated Societies under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, accompanied by a statutory declaration made by an officer of the Corporation that such copies are true copies.

(2)

True copies of any amendments or alterations that may be made in the constitution and bylaws shall in like manner be delivered to the Registrar, verified as aforesaid.

9 Private Act

This Act is hereby declared to be a private Act.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch) Incorporation Act 1942 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Incorporated Societies Act 2022 (2022 No 12): section 270(1)

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