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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Removal from register, amalgamation, liquidation, and other processes - Liquidation - High Court may put society into liquidation

212: Application to court to appoint liquidator

You could also call this:

"Asking the court to close down a society by appointing a liquidator"

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You can apply to the High Court to appoint a liquidator for a society. You might make this application if you are the society itself, a member of the society, a creditor of the society, or the Registrar. The Registrar is a person who keeps track of important information about societies. If the Registrar makes an application, they can charge the society for the costs. These costs are paid first from the society's assets, unless the court decides otherwise. This means the society's assets are used to pay the Registrar's costs before anything else.

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Part 5Removal from register, amalgamation, liquidation, and other processes
Liquidation: High Court may put society into liquidation

212Application to court to appoint liquidator

  1. An application to the High Court for the appointment of a liquidator of a society must be made by—

  2. the society; or
    1. a member; or
      1. a creditor; or
        1. the Registrar.

          1. All costs incurred by the Registrar in making an application must be a first charge on the assets of the society (unless the court orders otherwise).