286Validation of certain acts after 4 years

#### 286 Validation of certain acts after 4 years 286 Validation of certain acts after 4 years > > (1) Subject to this section and section 287, after the end of 4 years from— > > > > > (a) the doing of an act— > > > > > > > (i) by, or by persons purporting to act as, a collective body of an organisation and purporting to exercise power conferred by or under the rules of the organisation, or > > > > > > > (ii) by a person holding or purporting to hold an office or position in an organisation and purporting to exercise power conferred by or under the rules of the organisation, or > > > > > (b) the election or purported election, or the appointment or purported appointment, of a person, to an office or position in an organisation, or > > > > > (c) the making or purported making, or the alteration or purported alteration, of a rule of an organisation, > > > > the act, election, purported election, appointment or purported appointment, or the making or purported making or alteration or purported alteration of the rule, is to be taken to have been done in compliance with the rules of the organisation. > > > (2) The operation of this section does not affect— > > > > > (a) any proceedings pending under this Act, or > > > > > (b) the validity or operation of an order, judgment, decree, declaration, direction, verdict, sentence, decision or similar judicial act of the Commission or any other court, > > > > made before the end of the 4 years referred to in subsection (1). > > > (3) This section extends to an act, election, purported election, appointment or purported appointment, and to the making or purported making or alteration or purported alteration of a rule— > > > > > (a) done or occurring before the commencement of this section, or > > > > > (b) done or occurring in relation to an association before it became an organisation. > > **s 286:** Am 2016 No 48, Sch 1 \[73\]; 2023 No 41, Sch 1.2\[68\].