Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
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74 Corporate membership
74 Corporate membership
(1) Subject to a society’s rules, a body corporate may be a member of the society.
(2) A body corporate that is a member of a society may, by written notice given to the society, appoint an individual to represent it at meetings of members of the society.
(3) A person appointed under subsection (2)—
(a) is entitled—
(i) to receive notice of all meetings of members in the same way as a member of the society, and
(ii) to exercise the same rights of voting as a member of the society, and
(b) is eligible to be elected as a director of the society if—
(i) the body corporate holds the qualifications required for holding office as a director (other than qualifications about age and being an individual), and
(ii) a person has not been appointed as liquidator of the body corporate.