Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1991 (NO. 46 OF 1991) - SECT 139

139. (1) For the purposes of this Act—

        (a)     each person who was, immediately before the commencement date, a member of the committee of an association incorporated under the repealed Act; or

        (b)     if, at that time, an association incorporated under the repealed Act had no committee—each person having the management of the association at that time;

shall be taken to have been a member of the committee of the association at that date.

(2) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), fewer than 3 persons are to be taken to have been members of the committee of an association, the person or persons who is or are to be taken as such a member or members shall, within the period of 2 months beginning on the commencement date, appoint a person or persons, as the case requires, so that the committee of the association has at least 3 members.

Penalty: $200.

(3) Where—

        (a)     pursuant to subsection (1), fewer than 3 persons are to be taken to have been members of the committee of an association; and

        (b)     the person or persons who is or are to be taken as such a member or members fails or fail to appoint a person or persons in accordance with subsection (2);

the association may, by resolution of a general meeting of the association, appoint a person or persons, as the case requires, so that the committee of the association has at least 3 members.