South Australian Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 1997 - SECT 59

59—Becoming a member

        (1)         On the registration of a co-operative, the persons who signed the application for registration become members of the co-operative.

        (2)         Other persons may be admitted as members of the co-operative as provided by its rules.

        (3)         A person under the age of 18 may be admitted as a member of the co-operative unless the rules of the co-operative otherwise provide.

        (4)         A body corporate is not (merely because it is a body corporate) disqualified from being a member of a co-operative unless the co-operative's rules provide that bodies corporate are disqualified from being members.

        (5)         If 2 or more co-operatives merge, the members of the merged co-operative are—

            (a)         the members of the merging co-operatives; and

            (b)         other persons admitted as members of the merged co-operative in accordance with its rules.