Queensland Consolidated Acts

COOPERATIVES ACT 1997 - SECT 59

(1) The members of an association are--

(a) the component cooperatives by which the association is formed; and

(b) any other cooperative admitted to membership under the rules of the association; and

(c) any other corporation or other body admitted to membership under subsection (2).

(2) A corporation or other body (not being a cooperative) may be admitted to membership of the association as a component cooperative if--

(a) it is incorporated or registered under another law, whether or not a law of Queensland; and

(b) in the opinion of the board of the association, it is designed to function under cooperative principles; and

(c) it is eligible to be admitted to membership under the rules of the association.