Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

COOPERATIVES ACT 1999 - SECT 58

      (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 in accordance with the rules of the association; and

(c) any other body corporate or other body admitted to membership in accordance with subsection (2).

      (2) A body corporate 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 any other law, whether or not a law of Tasmania; and

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

(c) it is eligible to be admitted to membership in accordance with the rules of the association.