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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Register, regulations, amendments, and other miscellaneous provisions - Register of incorporated societies - Searches of register

238: Search purposes

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"Why you can search the society register"

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You can search the register for certain reasons. You might search to see if an entity is a society under this Act. You might search to find information about a society. You can also search to find out how to contact a society. You can search for information about yourself, or someone can search with your consent. You can search to help you do your job under this Act or other laws. You can search to help you perform your duties under this Act or other laws, as per s 28 of a related law.

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Part 6Register, regulations, amendments, and other miscellaneous provisions
Register of incorporated societies: Searches of register

238Search purposes

  1. A search of the register may be carried out only by the following persons for the following purposes:

  2. a person for the purpose of determining whether an entity is a society under this Act:
    1. a person for the purpose of obtaining information about the nature, activities, officers, and purposes of a society:
      1. a person for the purpose of knowing how to contact a society:
        1. an individual, or a person with the consent of the individual, for the purpose of searching for information about that individual:
          1. a person for the purpose of assisting the person in the exercise of the person’s powers under this Act or any other legislation:
            1. a person for the purpose of assisting the person in the performance of the person’s functions under this Act or any other legislation.

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