This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Active membership provisions for a non-trading cooperative may include provision that the payment of a regular subscription by a member of the cooperative, to be applied in relation to a primary activity of the cooperative, is sufficient to establish active membership of the cooperative.
(2) A member of a cooperative who would, on payment of such a subscription, be an active member of a cooperative is taken to be an active member until the subscription is owing.