146Meaning of “active membership provisions and resolutions”

146 Meaning of “active membership provisions and resolutions”

146 Meaning of “active membership provisions and resolutions”

(1) Active membership provisions in the rules of a co-operative are provisions in the rules that state—

(a) which of the activities of the co-operative are the primary activities of the co-operative; and

(b) the way in which, and the extent to which, a member of the co-operative must use or support an activity of, or maintain a relationship or arrangement with, the co-operative, for carrying on a primary activity of the co-operative, to establish active membership of the co-operative.

(2) An active membership resolution is a resolution that would, if given effect to, make or amend active membership provisions in the rules of a co-operative.