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A benefit of incorporating is an association has perpetual succession, which means it can continue to exist regardless of any changes to it its membership.
However, there may come a time where the association has a lack of members or there is no longer any interest in continuing its activities and the incorporation of the association should be ended.
There are a number of ways in which an association’s incorporation can cease. These include the:
An association’s incorporation may also come to an end if its members choose to either amalgamate (merge) the association with another incorporated association to form a new incorporated association or becoming registered as a different type of body corporate under another law.
We are compiling a list of associations which may be defunct as they have not been submitting an annual information statement and appear to have been inactive/dormant for 12 months or more.
If you are or were a member of a club, society or association which is now defunct please let us know by completing our very simple 'report a defunct association' online form.
Handy information you might be able to provide us includes:
The Commissioner for Consumer Protection has now given direction to cancel the attached list of incorporated associations who did not show cause.
The Cancellation of the attached incorporated associations came into effect as of 25 June 2024.
Any incorporated associations having assets (property, funds, fixtures, etc) are deemed vested with the State of Western Australia. If you are aware of the cancelled association having assets, please contact us.
Cancelled associations that believe the direction was made in error can request to have the incorporation reinstated but will need to provide evidence of it being operational and having a minimal of at least six members.
To have the association reinstated, you will need to provide the last three:
Please contact our team on 1300 232 171 or email for any further information and advice.
To submit the AIS, a committee member needs to have an AssociationsOnline user account that is linked (connected) to the association.
If you have not previously logged in to AssociationsOnline, you will need to create your own user account by following the below instructions:
Once you have a user account linked to AssociationsOnline, log in and press “start a new application,” then click the “information statements” button.
Alternatively, a manual form can be accessed on Information Statement.
Please email the completed form to infostatements@demirs.wa.gov.au
If your association is not on the list of Associations of proposed cancellation, it is a good idea to confirm that it is up to date with lodging its AIS by contacting us on 1300 232 171.
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