The purposes of this Act, consisting of seven Parts completed by two Schedules, is: to provide for the application of a national law relating to the formation, registration and operation of co-operatives. This Act is divided as follows: Part 2: Application of Co-Operatives National Law and Co-Operatives National Regulations; Part 3: Some Matters Referred to in Co-Operatives National Law (Victoria); Part 4: Registrar of Co-Operatives; Part 5: General (Orders and other instruments published in Gazette, etc.); Part 6: Transitional and Savings Provisions (Regulations dealing with transitional matters). Schedules deal with Designated Instrument and Consequential Amendments. The Act provides for the: formation, registration and operation of cooperatives; promotion of cooperative philosophy, principles, practices and objectives; protection of the interests of cooperatives, their members and the public in the operations and activities of cooperatives; encouragement and facilitation of self-management by cooperatives at all levels; encouragement of the development, integration and strengthening of cooperatives at local, regional, national and international levels by supporting and fostering State and National peak organizations and cooperative instrumentalities.
أستراليا · 2013-10-22