Description
It is essential as a practitioner that you are fully across developments and able to help incorporated societies navigate this period of significant change.
The Incorporated Societies Act 1908 is repealed from 5 April 2026 – what are the issues and fallout of the transition to the Incorporated Societies Act 2022, and what do incorporated societies need to do now?
The webinar is intended to be suitable for all those involved with incorporated societies, at whatever level, advanced or otherwise. It is intended to give both a theoretical overview as well as sufficient detail to be practical. Practitioners from both small and large firms should attend.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Have an overview of the issues and fallout of the transition to the Incorporated Societies Act 2022
- Gain an understanding of what to do now for incorporated societies
SUITED TO
All those involved or likely to be involved with incorporated societies, at whatever level, including lawyers and accountants in their professional and private capacities, not-for-profit specialists, and members and governors of incorporated societies themselves.
PRESENTER
Sue Barker, Sue Barker Charities Law, Director
Sue Barker is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, New Zealand specialising in charities law and public tax law. Sue is the author of Taxation of Charities in Aotearoa New Zealand (LexisNexis, 2025) and a contributor to a number of other charities law publications, including The Law and Practice of Charities in Aotearoa New Zealand 2ed (LexisNexis, 2024). Sue is recognised internationally as a Charity Law Scholar and is a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand. In 2019, Sue was awarded the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, New Zealand’s premier legal research award, to undertake research into the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?”. The final report from the Fellowship, entitled Focus on purpose, was released in April 2022 making 70 recommendations for charities law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. More information about Sue and the research can be found at www.charitieslaw.co and www.charitieslawreform.nz.