This legislation has been repealed.
(1) A cooperative may accept money on deposit only as permitted by subsection (2).
(2) A cooperative may accept money on deposit if—
(a) the cooperative—
(i) was authorised by its rules immediately before the commencement of this Act to accept money on deposit; and
(ii) remains so authorised; or
(b) the cooperative was a deposit-taking corporation immediately before it became a cooperative and it is authorised by its rules to accept money on deposit; or
(c) for a merged cooperative—1 or more of the cooperatives involved in the merger was a deposit-taking cooperative immediately before the registration of the merged cooperative and the merged cooperative is authorised by its rules to accept money on deposit.