284Definitions

284 Definitions

284 Definitions

In this Division—

collective body means, in relation to an organisation, the committee of management or a conference, council, committee, panel or other body of or within the organisation.

invalidity includes nullity and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any invalidity resulting from an omission, defect, error, irregularity or absence of a quorum or caused by the fact that—

(a) a member, or each of 2 or more of the members, of a collective body of an organisation, or one of the persons, or each of 2 or more of the persons, purporting to act as the members of such a collective body, or a person, or each of 2 or more persons, holding or purporting to hold an office or position in an organisation—

(i) has not been elected or appointed or duly elected or appointed, or

(ii) has purported to be elected or appointed by an election or appointment that was a nullity, or

(iii) was not entitled to be elected or appointed or to hold office, or

(iv) was not a member of the organisation, or

(v) was elected or appointed or purported to be elected or appointed, in a case where one or more of the persons who took part in the election or appointment or the purported election or appointment was or were not entitled to do so or was or were not members of the organisation, or

(b) persons who were not entitled to do so, or were not members of the organisation, took part in the making or purported making or the alteration or purported alteration of the rules of an organisation, as officers or voters or otherwise.

s 284: Am 1996 No 109, Sch 2 [1].