159   Is consent required to be a group member?

(cf s33E FCA)

(1)  Subject to subsection (2), the consent of a person to be a group member is not required.

(2)  None of the following is a group member in representative proceedings unless the person gives consent in writing to being so:

(a)  the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory,

(b)  a Minister of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory,

(c)  a body corporate established for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, other than an incorporated company or association,

(d)  an officer of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, in his or her capacity as an officer.