(1) An existing organisation concerned in a proposed amalgamation may, at any time before the closing day of the ballot for the amalgamation, use its financial and other resources in support of the proposed principal amalgamation and any proposed alternative amalgamation if:
(a) the committee of management of the organisation has resolved that the organisation should so use its resources; and
(b) the committee of management has given reasonable notice of its resolution to the members of the organisation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit by implication any power that the existing organisation has, apart from that subsection, to use its financial and other resources in support of, or otherwise in relation to, the amalgamation.