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

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1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act amended
4	New section 28 substituted
	28	Dissolution by Registrar
5	Registrar to keep register of incorporated societies
6	Powers of inspection of Registrar
	Notes

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Incorporated Societies Amendment Act 2010.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Principal Act amended

This Act amends the Incorporated Societies Act 1908.

4 New section 28 substituted

Section 28 is repealed and the following section substituted:

28 Dissolution by Registrar

(1)

The Registrar may make a declaration (a declaration of dissolution) that a society is dissolved, if the Registrar is satisfied that the society—

(a)

is no longer carrying on its operations; or

(b)

has been registered because of a mistake of fact or law.

(2)

The Registrar must ensure that, as soon as practicable after it is made, the declaration of dissolution is—

(a)

recorded in the register; and

(b)

published—

(i)

in the Gazette; and

(ii)

on an Internet site maintained by, or on behalf of, the Registrar, at all reasonable times, for a period of not less than 20 working days.

(3)

A society is dissolved at the time the declaration of dissolution is recorded in the register, with effect from the date of the declaration.

(4)

If the Registrar is satisfied that a declaration of dissolution was made in error and should be revoked, the Registrar may make a declaration (a declaration of revocation) that the declaration of dissolution is revoked.

(5)

The Registrar must ensure that, as soon as practicable after it is made, the declaration of revocation is—

(a)

recorded in the register; and

(b)

published—

(i)

in the Gazette; and

(ii)

on an Internet site maintained by, or on behalf of, the Registrar, at all reasonable times, for a period of not less than 20 working days.

(6)

At the time the declaration of revocation is recorded in the register the society is revived, as if no dissolution had taken place, with effect from the time that the society was dissolved.

5 Registrar to keep register of incorporated societies

Section 33 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

(1A)

The register may be kept in any manner that the Registrar thinks fit, including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility—

(a)

that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and

(b)

that permits the information so recorded or stored to be readily inspected or reproduced in a usable form.

6 Powers of inspection of Registrar

Section 34A is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

(1A)

To avoid doubt, in subsection (1) registers, records, accounts, books, or papers includes any of those things in an electronic form.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Incorporated Societies Amendment Act 2010 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 268

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