Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following is taken to be action of a building association:
(a) action taken by the committee of management of the building association;
(b) action taken by an officer or agent of the building association acting in that capacity;
(c) action taken by a member, or group of members, of the building association if the action is authorised by:
(i) the rules of the association; or
(ii) the committee of management of the association; or
(iii) an officer or agent of the association acting in that capacity;
(d) action taken by a member of the building association who performs the function of dealing with an employer on behalf of the member and other members of the association, acting in that capacity;
(e) if the building association is an unincorporated building association that does not have a committee of management--action taken by a member, or group of members, of the association.
(2) Paragraphs (1)(c) and (d) do not apply if:
(a) the committee of management of the building association; or
(b) a person authorised by the committee; or
(c) an officer of the building association;
has taken all reasonable steps to prevent the action.
(3) If, for the purposes of this Act, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a building association in relation to particular action, it is enough to show:
(a) that the action was taken by a person, or a group, referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(a) to (e); and
(b) that the person, or a person in the group, had that state of mind.
(4) Subsections (1) to (3) have effect despite subsections 94(1) and (2) (liabilities of bodies corporate).