Changes to the Incorporated Associations Act Victoria (1981)

The Victorian Government has made some changes to the Incorporated Associations Act 1981(Vic) ('the Act') this past year.

Some of the changes are still to come into effect, but others are now already being implemented.

It is the responsibility of all Victorian Incorporated Associations to ensure they understand what these changes mean and then go about the proper processes of including these changes into their model rules or constitution. In time, a new version of Model Rules for an Incorporated Association will be produced which will contain the new changes, but in the meantime, the changes are listed in the Associations Incorporation Ammendments Act 2009 (Vic).

The relevant changes to the Act can be found at the following excellent resources:

PILCH
Associations Incorporation Ammendment Act 2009
Consumer Affairs Victoria

The following article from the Our Community website may be also be useful to groups and organisations who wish to make their own relevant modifications to their Rules or Constitution.

Modifying your Rules