You will need to register with the department to form an incorporated association. Your incorporated association must be made up of five or more people and be small-scale, non-profit and non-commercial in nature.
Groups that may become registered as incorporated associations include:
- sporting groups
- arts and crafts groups
- social groups
- ethnic and cultural groups
- pensioner associations
- musical societies
- environmental groups.
You cannot register as an incorporated association if you are planning to operate as a business or to provide monetary gains to members.