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Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
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#### 119 Register of members
119 Register of members
> > (1) A society must keep a register of members of the society and enter in the register—
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> > > (a) the names and addresses of the members, and
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> > > (b) the date of admission to membership, and
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> > > (c) any other prescribed information.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (2) The register of members is evidence of membership of the society.
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> > (3) A member is entitled to have access to that part of the register of members in which particulars of his or her membership are entered.
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> > (4) A society must allow a person access to the register of members if the person satisfies the society that the person requires access for the purpose of—
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> > > (a) calling a meeting of members or a particular class of members, or
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> > > (b) undertaking some other activity approved by the Registrar.
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> > (5) Before a society allows a person, who has satisfied the society in accordance with subsection (4), to have access to the register of members, the society may require the person to enter into a contract with the society under which the person undertakes—
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> > > (a) to restrict access to the information obtained by the person from the register to persons identified in the contract, and
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> > > (b) to restrict use of the information obtained by the person from the register to a specified purpose.
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> > (6) If a society’s register of members includes information in addition to that required by subsection (1), this section does not require—
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> > > (a) a person to be allowed to see that additional information when inspecting the register, or
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> > > (b) a copy of the register, or a part of it, sent to a person to contain that additional information.