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Legal Responsibilities of Voluntary Organisations in New Zealand
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Unincorporated groups
Key features of incorporated societies
Rules and processes for governance of incorporated societies
Roles and responsibilities of members and officers of incorporated societies
Information to be supplied to the Registrar
Trusts and charitable trust boards
Requirements for trusts and charitable trust boards
Duties and powers of trustees or trust officers
Liability of trustees or trust officers
Reporting requirements for charitable trust boards
Responsibilities of company directors and managers
Industrial and provident societies and Maori land trusts
Decision-making in your organisation
Obligations to volunteers and contractors
Obligations as an employer
Managing health and safety
Obligations regarding human rights
Privacy obligations
Obligations in relation to trading
Obligations in relation to other activities
Intellectual property rights and obligations
Torts and criminal liability
Caring for your premises and environment
Understanding your insurance
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Unincorporated groups
Incorporated societies
Trusts and charitable trust boards
Relationships between national, branch and local offices
Companies and other legal forms
Charities Commission
Taxation
Contracts
Volunteers, employees and contractors
Health and safety
Human rights and discrimination
Privacy
Premises and environment
Trading and other activities
Intellectual Property
Torts (civil wrongs) and criminal offences
Insurance as a risk-management tool