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Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
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#### 112 Notice of meeting
112 Notice of meeting
> > (1) Subject to subsection (2)—
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> > > (a) written notice of an annual general meeting must be given to each member of the society at least 14 days before the date of the meeting, and
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> > > (b) written notice of a special general meeting must be given to each member of the society at least 7 days before the date of the meeting.
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> > (2) If the society’s rules so provide, notice of an annual general meeting or special general meeting may be given to the members of the society by advertisement published in a newspaper (whether published in print or on a publicly accessible website) having a circulation generally in the area in which the society operates.
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> > (3) (Repealed)
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> > (4) The failure by a member of a society to receive notice of a general meeting required to be given to the member by this Act does not invalidate the meeting.
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> > (5) A society that fails to give notice of an annual general meeting or a special general meeting in accordance with this section commits an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> **s 112:** Am 2017 No 63, Sch 2.2 \[4\]; 2024 No 25, Schs 5.3\[1\] \[2\], 6.8\[1\].