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Service
Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations -
Co-operatives Branch
Co-operative: Special Resolution
to Change the Name
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| Who Needs This Registration? |
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Any Co-operative which wishes to change its name.
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| Issuing Department / Agency: |
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Co-operatives Branch
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal
Relations
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| Where can you get this Registration and /
or further information? |
| Inspector of Co-operatives
Co-operatives Branch
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
80 Walker Street, #3
Truro, NS B2N 4A7
Tel: (902) 893-6190
Fax: (902) 893-6108
Email: nscoop@gov.ns.ca
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| Application Forms & Process: |
| Special resolutions require a vote by the membership
at a meeting conforming with the Co-operative Associations Act and the
by-laws of the co-operative. It becomes effective only when approved
by the Inspector of Co-operatives.
Prior to passing a special resolution the proposed name should be reserved
by the Registry of Joint Stock Companies. After the name is reserved
the members must pass the special resolution to change the name of the
co-operative.
The Secretary of the co-operative completes the appropriate forms and
forwards them to the Co-operatives Branch. Once approved they are filed
with the NS Registry of Joint Stock Companies. When completed the approved
documents are returned to the registered office of the co-operative by
the Co-operatives Branch.
You can download forms from the Registry of Joint Stock Companies website.
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| Waiting Period: |
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About 2 weeks after submission to receive an approved document and new
certificate
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| Price: (No tax is charged) |
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$54.41 (payable to the Inspector of Co-operatives) plus Related Requirement
fee (see below)
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| Related Requirements: |
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Appropriate fee for the NUANS System name search ($46.36
+ hst = $52.39 for an Atlantic Provinces' search or $57.95 + hst = $65.48
for a Canada-wide search)
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| Additional Information: |
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Additional information, or assistance in preparing documents
or operations, are available from the Co-operatives
Branch.
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| Legislative Authority: |
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Co-operative
Associations Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, Chapter
98, amended 2001, c. 41, ss. 1-23.
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