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Service
Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations -
Co-operatives Branch
Co-operative: Special Resolution Filing (Approval)
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| Who Needs to File?
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Special resolutions are required when co-operatives are borrowing money, changing by-laws, changing their objectives, winding up or selling property, or undertaking anything which is considered out of the ordinary and to which members of the co-operative should have input.
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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 Approval and / or
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| 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.
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 Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies. When completed, a copy of 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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5 business days
Provided that all the items that must accompany the application have been received
(Please allow several extra days for mail delivery.)
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| Price: |
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Free
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| Related Requirements: |
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The Co-operative must be in good standing, i.e. up-to-date with its annual filing requirements.
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| Additional Information: |
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Additional information, or assistance in preparing documents or
reviewing operations, is 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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