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### sec.656 Amendment to cure noncompliance if rule declared void
This section applies if—
the court declares the whole or a part of a rule of an organisation contravenes section 623 or contravenes section 623 in a stated way; and
the organisation’s rules have not been amended so as to comply with section 623 within 3 months after the declaration is made.
The appropriate entity may amend the rules to comply with section 623 for the matters that gave rise to the declaration.
In this section—
appropriate entity means—
for eligibility rules of an organisation—the commission; or
for other rules of an organisation—the registrar.
(sec.656-ssec.1) This section applies if— the court declares the whole or a part of a rule of an organisation contravenes section 623 or contravenes section 623 in a stated way; and the organisation’s rules have not been amended so as to comply with section 623 within 3 months after the declaration is made.
(sec.656-ssec.2) The appropriate entity may amend the rules to comply with section 623 for the matters that gave rise to the declaration.
(sec.656-ssec.3) In this section— appropriate entity means— for eligibility rules of an organisation—the commission; or for other rules of an organisation—the registrar.
- (a) the court declares the whole or a part of a rule of an organisation contravenes section 623 or contravenes section 623 in a stated way; and
- (b) the organisation’s rules have not been amended so as to comply with section 623 within 3 months after the declaration is made.
- (a) for eligibility rules of an organisation—the commission; or
- (b) for other rules of an organisation—the registrar.