The Ministry of Finance has removed the 2014 Societies Act White Paper from its website. A mirrored copy of the paper,\u00a0which includes an early draft of the legislation and drafters’ rationale, is available here.<\/p>\n

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The 2014 white paper is useful for societies and lawyers looking to make sense of some of the newer provisions, and to reconcile them with earlier versions in the former Society Act. The explanatory notes can also be relied on by the courts in interpreting the underlying purpose of certain provisions and the legislation as a whole, depending on context. The paper is available here:\u00a0Society Act White Paper [Archived for research and private study].<\/a><\/p>\n

The Corporate Registry continues to have tables of concordance and other resources still available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo by\u00a0Chris Higgins<\/a>\u00a0used under a\u00a0Creative Commons license<\/a>. No changes were made to this image.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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