Directors decide whether to approve membership

The directors of the Company must consider an application for membership within a reasonable time after the secretary receives the application.

The directors must consider an application for membership within a reasonable time after the secretary receives the application.

If the directors approve an application, the secretary must as soon as possible:

enter the new member on the register of members; and

write to the applicant to tell them their application was approved, and the date that their membership started (see clause 7(e).

If the directors reject an application, the secretary must write to the applicant as soon as possible to tell them that their application has been rejected, but does not have to give reasons.

Other than the Initial Members, an applicant will become a member when they are entered on the register of members.

A person immediately stops being a member if they:

• die;
• are wound up or otherwise dissolved or de-registered;
• resign, by writing to the secretary;
• are expelled under clause 8; or
• have not responded within three months to a written request from the secretary that they confirm in writing that they want to remain a member.