Legislation Information Sheets

The Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd has produced a series of Legislation Information Sheets on the Co-operatives Act.

The Legislation Information Sheets were developed in 1998 with funding from the Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs (now CBAV).

While we’ve checked everything in the information sheets, no person should rely on the contents without first making their own inquiries or obtaining advice from a qualified person or both, regarding their particular circumstances. The Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd is not responsible for the results of any action taken or omitted to be taken by any person as a consequence of anything contained in this publication or for any error in or omission from the information sheets.

This is a listing of the available information sheets. Each information sheet is available in Adobe Acrobat and can be downloaded by clicking on the title of the information sheet:

Number 1 Active Membership

Number 2 Becoming a Member

Number 3 Body Corporate Members

Number 4 Death of a Member

Number 5 Directors Duties and Liabilities

Number 6 Holding Postal Ballots on Requisition

Number 7 Issuing Bonus Shares

Number 8 Manner of Conducting Postal Ballots

Number 9 New Categories of Co-operatives

Number 10 Notices

Number 11 Registering as a Foreign Co-operative

Number 12 Rule Changing Procedures

Number 13 Special Postal Ballot

Number 14 Special Resolutions

Number 15 Untraceable Members

19 December, 2002

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