Benefits of incorporating an association

Why should you incorporate an association?

While incorporating under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 is voluntary incorporation offers groups some benefits including:

  • members and officers of the association are generally not liable to contribute towards the payment of debts or liabilities of the association.
  • once registered, the name of an incorporated association will be protected and ends with the word “Incorporated” or the abbreviation “Inc”.

An incorporated association can:

Enrol, login and search: AssociationsOnline help guide 1

The guide helps AssociationsOnline users navigate through the welcome screen, enrolment, login and search for associations. 

To enrol in the system simply:

  1. Go to AssociationsOnline
  2. Click "Enrol"
  3. Enter your details and click submit
  4. Go to your e-mail inbox
  5. Locate your “verification” e-mail
  6. Click on the link and confirm

Further detail about the system is covered in the topics below.

Administrative change for drainage plumbing diagrams: Real estate bulletin issue 115 (June 2016)

17 June 2016

Service moving to Building Commission 1 July

The Water Corporation currently provides a service whereby real estate agents and other interested persons can request a copy of an existing drainage plumbing diagram. The administration of drainage plumbing diagrams will transfer from the Water Corporation to the Plumbers Licensing Board as of 1 July 2016.

BondsOnline eTransactions mandatory from 1 September: Real estate bulletin issue 114 (June 2016)

7 June 2016

eTransactions mandatory from 1 Sept 2016

As from 1 September 2016 the BondsOnline eTransactions system will be the only method for tenancy bond lodgements. The recently gazetted regulatory change allows agents a period in which to transition to BondsOnline before the phasing out of paper forms is finalised on 31 August 2016.

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