New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STEWARDS' FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIAN BRETHREN ACT 1989 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Members of the Foundation

(Section 4 (3))

1 New members

(1) A person may apply to the Committee to become a member of the Foundation.

(2) The person becomes a member if the Committee admits the person to membership.

(3) The Committee must admit the person if the person is a member of an Assembly.

2 Register of members

The Committee must keep a register of members.

3 Rights etc of members

The rights and privileges of a member are personal to the member and give no right to or interest in any of the property of the Foundation.

4 Cessation of membership

A person ceases to be a member of the Foundation if the person:

(a) dies, or

(b) resigns membership by instrument in writing addressed to the Committee, or

(c) ceases to be a member of an Assembly, or

(d) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or

(e) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or

(f) is:

(i) before a general meeting of the Foundation, given notice of the intention to consider at the meeting a motion that the person cease to be a member and of the matters alleged against the person, and

(ii) after being given the opportunity of being heard at the general meeting, the subject of a resolution passed in accordance with such a motion by not less than three quarters of the members present at the meeting.

5 Membership fee

A member is required to pay an annual membership fee to the Foundation of $10 or such other amount as may be prescribed by the by-laws.