Co-operatives National Law (Queensland)
sec.47Filing of documents not to constitute constructive knowledge
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sec.47 Filing of documents not to constitute constructive knowledge
A person is not considered to have knowledge of the rules of a co-operative, any of the contents of the rules of a co-operative, a document, the contents of a document, or any particulars, merely because of either or both of the following— the rules, the document or the particulars have been filed with the Registrar; the rules, the document or the particulars are mentioned in any other document that has been filed with the Registrar, or filed with a person under a previous law corresponding to a provision of this Law. Despite subsection (1) , a member of a co-operative is taken to have knowledge of the rules of the co-operative. (sec.47-ssec.1) A person is not considered to have knowledge of the rules of a co-operative, any of the contents of the rules of a co-operative, a document, the contents of a document, or any particulars, merely because of either or both of the following— the rules, the document or the particulars have been filed with the Registrar; the rules, the document or the particulars are mentioned in any other document that has been filed with the Registrar, or filed with a person under a previous law corresponding to a provision of this Law. (sec.47-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) , a member of a co-operative is taken to have knowledge of the rules of the co-operative.
- (a) the rules, the document or the particulars have been filed with the Registrar;
- (b) the rules, the document or the particulars are mentioned in any other document that has been filed with the Registrar, or filed with a person under a previous law corresponding to a provision of this Law.