34. Regulations

to prescribe the manner of registration of societies under this Act;

to regulate or restrict changes of the name of registered societies;

to regulate or restrict changes of the registered address or place of meeting or of the registered rules or objects of registered societies;

to prescribe the manner and conditions in and under which the powers conferred by this Act shall be exercised by the persons on whom the powers are conferred;

to prescribe the fees which may be charged and taken under this Act;

to prescribe the forms which may be used for carrying out the provisions of this Act;

to require the accounts and financial statements of registered societies to be in compliance with —

accounting standards that are made or formulated by the Accounting Standards Committee under Part 3 of the Accounting Standards Act 2007 and applicable to societies; or

other requirements substituted by the Minister in lieu of compliance with the accounting standards applicable to societies;

to provide for relief from the requirements of such accounting standards applicable to societies;

to provide that the regulations made under paragraph (g) shall not apply to any society that is registered as a charity or approved as an institution of a public character under the Charities Act 1994 to the extent that that Act requires the society’s accounts and financial statements for any financial year to comply with the accounting standards applicable to charities to the exclusion of other accounting standards;

to require registered societies to prepare annual returns in such form, and file the annual returns in such manner, as the Registrar may determine;

to prescribe the offences under this Act or any regulations that may be compounded;

generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.