OFT incorporated associations forms and guides

Publication and resources

• Model rulesPDF Popular

  PDF version. You can adapt or use these rules for your association. They cover membership, fees, voting rights and more.

• Model rulesACCDB Popular

  MS Word version. You can adapt or use these rules for your association. They cover membership, fees, voting rights and more.

• Incorporated association application form (Form 1)PDF Popular

  Fill out this form to incorporate a not-for-profit association. Fees apply.

• Application for exemption from using the word ...PDF

  Association names must include the word 'incorporated'. However, you can apply for an exemption with this form. Exemptions will only be granted if there is a valid reason that outweighs the public interest in knowing the legal status of...

• Application for approval to use an unsuitable ...PDF

  Fill out this form to get permission to use a name that doesn’t comply with the usual requirements.

• Application to change name (Form 4)PDF

  Fill out this form to apply fo a change to your association’s name. You must have passed a special resolution at a general meeting. Fees apply.

• Application to incorporate alalgamated ...PDF

  Fill out this form if you want to merge 2 or more incorporated associations to form a single association. Fees apply.

• Notice to creditors about amalgamation (Form 6)PDF

  You must fill out this form to tell your creditors if you’re merging with another association.

• Application to amend rules (Form 8)PDF Popular

  Fill out this form to apply for a change to your association’s rules. Fees apply.

• Application to wind up association (Form 9a)PDF

  Fill out this form to close down your incorporated association. You will need to pass a special resolution at a general meeting.

• Change of details relating to an incorporated ...PDF Popular

  Fill out this form to tell us when your office bearers change, or if the association (or any of its office bearers) has a change of address.

• Notice of special resolution to amalgamate ...PDF

  Fill out this form to declare that your association has passed a special resolution to merge with another association.

• Application for approval of auditor or ...PDF Popular

  Fill out this form to seek approval to have a person audit or verify your financial records. Some professionals are automatically approved (so you may not need to use this form).

• Application to transfer to a cooperative (Form 23)PDF

  Fill out this form if you want to change your incorporated association to become a cooperative.

• Application to transfer from a cooperative ...PDF

  Fill out this form if you want to change your cooperative’s status into an incorporated association. Fees apply.

• Application to transfer to a corporation (Form 28)PDF

  Use this only if you incorporated after 1 July 1982. Fill out this form to transfer your association’s status to a company or an Indigenous corporation.

• Application to transfer to a corporation from ...PDF

  Use this only if you incorporated before 1 July 1982. Fill out this form to transfer your association’s status to a company or an Indigenous corporation.

• Incorporated association smart business guidePDF Popular

  Read this smart business guide for a wide range of information about running an incorporated association.

• Incorporated associations statutory declarationPDF

  Fill out this form if you are submitting an application for the incorporation of an association and your association has elected to adopt its own rules.