Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00679:section:1987:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00679
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1987 (pt 8/51)
Character Range: 31841–34602

which provide that, in the
event of the winding up of that fund, any surplus assets are to be transferred
to another fund that is on the Register of Environmental Organisations;
  (e) it must agree to give to the Environment Department, within a reasonable
period after the end of each financial year, statistical data about gifts to
its gift fund during the financial year;
  (f) it must agree to comply with any rules made from time to time by the
Environment Minister and the Treasurer to ensure that gifts to its gift fund
are used only to support its environmental purpose or purposes;
  (g) it must have a policy of not acting as a mere conduit for the donation
of money or property to other organisations, bodies or persons;
  (h) if the body is a body corporate (other than a statutory authority) or a
co-operative society:
    (i) the membership of the body must consist wholly or principally
of bodies corporate; or
    (ii) there must be at least 50 members of the body who are:
      (A) natural persons; and
      (B) regarded as financial members; and
      (C) entitled to vote at a general meeting of the body; or
    (iii) the Environment Minister determines that, because of special
circumstances, the body does not have to meet either of the criteria set out
in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
(Environment Minister and Treasurer may direct registration of certified
body)
  "(3) If the Environment Minister has given a certificate to the Treasurer
stating that a body is eligible for registration under this section, the
Environment Minister and the Treasurer may direct the Environment Department
in writing to enter the body and its gift fund on the Register of
Environmental Organisations on a specified day on or after the day on which
the direction is given.
(Government policies and budgetary priorities to be taken into account)
  "(4) In considering whether to give a direction, the Environment Minister
and the Treasurer are to take into account the policies and budgetary
priorities of the Commonwealth Government.
(Register of Environmental Organisations to be kept)
  "(5) The Environment Department must keep a register, to be known as the
Register of Environmental Organisations, listing such bodies and their gift
funds as are required to be on the register because of this section.
(Removal from Register of Environmental Organisations)
  "(6) The Environment Minister and the Treasurer may direct the Environment
Department in writing to remove a body and its gift fund from the Register of
Environmental Organisations on a specified day on or after the day on which
the direction is given.
(Definitions)
  "(7) In this section:
  'body' means:
  (a) a body corporate; or
  (b) a co-operative society; or
  (c) a trust established