Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A draft of the rules proposed for the cooperative (including active membership provisions in accordance with Part 6) must be submitted to the Commissioner at least 28 days (or such shorter period as the Commissioner may allow in a particular case) before the formation meeting is due to be held.
(2) The proposed rules must –
(a) be in accordance with section 100; and
(b) be in a form that may reasonably be approved; and
(c) if the rules contain any alterations of the model rules, be accompanied by a statement setting out the alterations and the reasons for the alterations.
(3) If the rules do not make provision for any matter included in the model rules, the Commissioner may approve the relevant provisions of the model rules as rules of the cooperative.
(4) The Commissioner may –
(a) approve the rules as submitted; or
(b) approve different rules to those submitted; or
(c) refuse to approve the rules.
(5) The Commissioner approves of the rules by giving written notice of the approval of the rules to the person who submitted the draft rules to the Commissioner.
(6) The Commissioner must give written notice of the refusal to approve the rules to the person who submitted the rules to the Commissioner.