450Liability of member to contribute in a winding up if shares

450 Liability of member to contribute in a winding up if shares forfeited etc. (1) If a person's membership of a co-operative is cancelled under Part 2.6 within 2 years before the start of the winding up of the co-operative, the person is liable on the winding up to contribute to the property of the co-operative the nominal value of shares forfeited under that cancellation (being their nominal value immediately before cancellation). (2) If, under section 107, a co-operative: (a) purchases a share of a member in the co-operative; or (b) repays to a member the whole or part of the amount paid up on a share held by a member; within 2 years before the start of the winding up of the co-operative, the member or former member is liable on the winding up to contribute to the property of the co-operative the amount paid by the co-operative to the member or former member for the purchase or repayment, together with any amount unpaid on the shares immediately before the purchase or repayment. (3) If a person contributes to the property of a co-operative under a liability under this section, the amount contributed is, for the purposes of the winding up, to be treated as having been paid up by the person on shares of the co-operative. (4) The liability of a member or former member of a co-operative under this section is in addition to any other liability of the member or former member to contribute to the property of the co-operative on a winding up of the co-operative.

Co-operatives (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015 276 Part 4.6 Insolvency