99. Prohibition on use of word “co-operative”

No person other than a society may trade or carry on business under a name or title of which the word “Co‑operative” or its equivalent in another language is part, without the Registrar’s consent, except that nothing in this section applies to the use by any person or the person’s successor in interest of a name or title under which the person traded or carried on business at 1 January 1980.

Every person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.