Running your incorporated society
Once you have registered, you will need to keep your details on the register up to date, and follow the rules that apply to incorporated societies and how they are run.
- Your responsibilities What you are required to do once you have registered your society.
- Your society's constitution The importance of your society’s constitution (rules document) when running your incorporated society.
- Restrictions on money-making activities What a society can and cannot do with the money it makes.
- Dispute resolution procedures are mandatory Your society must have dispute resolution procedures and they must be documented in your constitution.
- Committees and officers Every society must have a committee. Your committee manages, directs and supervises your society’s operations and affairs. Everyone on your committee is an officer, and others may be too.
- Being a member What it means to be a member of an incorporated society. Your rights and your obligations.
- Holding meetings The requirements for holding society meetings.
- Entering into contracts What is required of a society when entering into contracts.
- Records you should keep Records you need to keep as an incorporated society.
Other help topics
Getting started on the register
Searching the Incorporated Societies Register
Starting an incorporated society
Annual financial statements and annual returns
Keeping society details up to date
Ending an incorporated society
Restoring an incorporated society to the register
Forms and fees
Managing your online account
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