(1) The members of a society are:(a) the persons who sign the application for membership on the formation of the society, and(b) any other persons who are admitted to membership under the society’s rules.(2) The members of a merged society are the persons who, on the day of the merger, are members of a society that is a party to the merger, and any other persons who are admitted to membership under the merged society’s rules.(3) The members of a society to which another society has transferred the whole of its engagements include the persons who, immediately before the transfer took effect, were members of the transferor society.(4) The members of a society to which another society has transferred part of its engagements include the persons who, immediately before the transfer took effect, were members of the transferor society and are specified, for the purposes of this subsection, in an agreement between the societies.(5) A person may exercise the rights of membership of a society only if the person has complied with any requirements for membership under the society’s rules.
Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998 No 11