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CurrentIs consent required to be a group member?
Part 10Representative proceedings in Supreme Court
Division 2Commencement of representative proceedings
159 Is consent required to be a group member?
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), the consent of a person to be a group member is not required.
(2)
None of the following is a group member in representative proceedings unless the person gives consent in writing to being so—
(a)
the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory,
(b)
a Minister of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory,
(c)
a body corporate established for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, other than an incorporated company or association,
(d)
an officer of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, in his or her capacity as an officer.
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