Cooperative forms and fees
Set up and closure forms
- Application for approval of a draft disclosure statement for a proposed trading cooperative
Form 1 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to confirm that a trading cooperative's disclosure statement contains enough information for new members to fully understand their involvement.
Fee: $356.40
- Template for a disclosure statement
This can help you with writing your disclosure statement.
- Application for registration of a cooperative
Form 3 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to formally register your cooperative.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: $178.00
- Statement listing director’s details
Form 3a – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to give us the names and contact details of each of your directors.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Application for registration of a cooperative by an existing corporation
Form 4 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to change your organisation’s legal status and become a cooperative.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: $178.00
- Report as to the affairs of the corporation
Form 4a – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to advise us about the current state of your corporation before transferring into a cooperative.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Application for approval of draft disclosure statement
Form 16 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to:
- convert to a cooperative
- transfer the incorporation of your cooperative
- acquire or dispose of certain assets
- change the maximum permissible level of share interest in the cooperative
- merge with or take over another cooperative
- voluntarily close down the cooperative.
To do any of these things, you must:
- fill out and submit this form to us
- wait for us to approve it
- give notice of a special postal ballot to members.
The change will only take place if the members agree to it in the special postal ballot.
Fee: $356.40
Operating forms
- Application or request to registrar
Form 7 –Cooperatives Act 199
Fill out this form to request extensions or exemptions for your normal administrative tasks.
Various fees may apply. See the fee schedule for details.
- Lodging an annual report to registrar
Form 9 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to lodge your annual report.
Fees:
- Nil (if it's on time)
- $89.00 (if it’s under 28 days late)
- $356.40 (if it’s late by 28 days or longer)
- Notice of change of registered office
Form 10 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to let us know that you’re changing the address of your registered office.
Fees:
- Nil (if it's on time)
- $89.00 (if it’s under 28 days late)
- $356.40 (if it’s late by 28 days or longer)
- Application to extend period of operation
Form 12 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to be allowed to continue to operate with fewer than the minimum required number of members.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: $44.50
- Application for extension or abridgement of time
Form 15 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to seek approval for an extension on your legal duties, including duties under your cooperative’s rules.
Fee: $89.00
Rule forms
- Application for approval of proposed rules for a cooperative
Form 2 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to submit the draft rules of your new cooperative.
Fee: $178.00
- Application for approval of proposed amendment to the rules
Form 5a – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to submit any draft changes to your cooperative’s rules.
Fee: $17.80 per rule, up to a maximum of $178.00
- Application for registration of altering of rules
Form 6 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form once you’ve held a special resolution. This form only applies for resolutions about changing your rules.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: $44.50
- Statutory declaration in support of altering of rules
Form 6a – Cooperatives Act 1997
This statutory declaration form makes a formal statement about your change of rules.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Application for registration of a special resolution (other than for altering rules)
Form 11 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form once you’ve passed a special resolution. Use Form 6 for resolutions about changing your rules.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: $44.50
- Statutory declaration in support of special resolution
Form 11a – Cooperatives Act 1997
This statutory declaration form makes a formal statement about your special resolution.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Standard rules for a trading cooperative with share capital
Standard rules for a trading cooperative with share capital
You can adapt or use these rules. They cover membership, fees, voting rights and more.
Guide to completing the standard cooperative rules
Fee: Nil
- Standard rules for a non-trading cooperative with share capital
Standard rules for a non-trading cooperative with share capital
You can adapt or use these rules. They cover membership, fees, voting rights and more.
Guide to completing the standard cooperative rules
Fee: Nil
- Standard rules for a non-trading cooperative without share capital
Standard rules for a non-trading cooperative without share capital
You can adapt or use these rules. They cover membership, fees, voting rights and more.
Guide to completing the standard cooperative rules
Fee: Nil
Personnel forms
- Notice of appointment or cessation of appointment of directors and officers
Form 14 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to tell us when you appoint board members or senior officers, or when they leave the cooperative.
Fees:
- Nil (if it's on time)
- $89.00 (if it’s under 28 days late)
- $356.40 (if it’s late by 28 days or longer)
- Application for consent to resign as auditor
Form 25 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form when the cooperative’s auditor wants to resign. The auditor must be the one to fill out the form.
Fee: $44.50
- Notification of resignation, removal or cessation of auditor
Form 24 – Cooperatives Act 1997
We will send you this form to finalise the process of removing an auditor from your cooperative.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Notice of voting interest
Form 13 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to advise if a person has any voting interest in a decision.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Notice of substantial share interest
Form 17 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to advise if a person has a substantial share interest in the cooperative.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Notice of substantial change in a substantial share interest
Form 18 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to advise if a person’s substantial share interest in the cooperative has changed by a significant margin.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
- Notice of cessation of a substantial share interest
Form 19 – Cooperatives Act 1997
Fill out this form to advise if a person no longer has a substantial share interest in the cooperative.
Please note: you cannot download this form.
Fee: Nil
Other forms (non-download)
| Form | Fee |
|---|---|
Application for registrar’s approval of eligibility in accord with section 232 of the Act Form 23 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $44.50 |
Return of members of firm of auditors Form 26 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Application for approval of draft disclosure statement Form 27 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of draft disclosure statement for an issue of debentures Form 27a – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of a transfer of engagements between two or more Queensland cooperatives Form 28 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of a transfer of engagements between a Queensland cooperative and a foreign cooperative where the transferee cooperative is a participating cooperative Form 28a – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of a transfer of engagements between a Queensland cooperative and a foreign cooperative where the transferee cooperative is a Queensland cooperative Form 28b – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of a merger between two or more Queensland cooperatives Form 29 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of a merger between a Queensland cooperative and a foreign cooperative where the merged cooperative is a participating cooperative Form 29a – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of a merger between a Queensland cooperative and a foreign cooperative where the merged cooperative is a Queensland cooperative Form 29b – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for registration of a participating cooperative as a foreign cooperative Form 30 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $178.00 |
Application for registration of a non-participating cooperative as a foreign cooperative Form 31 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $878.80 |
Notification of changes relating to a foreign cooperative Form 32 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Notification of cessation of business Form 33 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Application for voluntary deregistration of a cooperative Form 34 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $44.50 |
Application for exemption under Act Form 35 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of draft disclosure statement for a merger between two or more Queensland cooperatives Form 36 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of draft disclosure statement for a merger between a Queensland cooperative and a foreign cooperative Form 37 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of draft disclosure statement for a transfer of engagements between 2 or more Queensland cooperatives Form 38 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Application for approval of draft disclosure statement for a transfer of engagements between a Queensland cooperative and a foreign cooperative Form 39 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $356.40 |
Compulsory acquisition notice Form 40 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Notice to remaining shareholders Form 41 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Report as to affairs Form 42– Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Statement verifying report Form 42a – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Application for approval of explanatory statement Form 43 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | $878.80 |
Notification of appointment or cessation as an external administrator Form 44 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Notification of address in Queensland of information relating to financial records kept outside Queensland Form 45 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Notification of address at which register is kept Form 46 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Inspector’s notice to involved person Form 50 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Inspector’s notice to involved person Form 51 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Notification that a person has been appointed controller/entered into possession etc. Form 52 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Notification of change of address of an external administrator Form 53 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Presentation of accounts by scheme administrator or controller Form 54 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Fees:
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Notice of controller’s intention not to exercise property rights Form 55 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |
Notification of information supplementary to a form or document previously filed Form 56 – Cooperatives Act 1997 | Nil |