General duties
45 General duties
As soon as practicable after being elected or appointed to the Committee, each committee member must become familiar with these Rules and the Act.
The Committee is collectively responsible for ensuring that the Association complies with the Act and that individual members of the Committee comply with these Rules.
Committee members must exercise the member's powers and discharge the member's duties with reasonable care and diligence.
Committee members must exercise the member's powers and discharge the member's duties—
in good faith in the best interests of the Association; and
for a proper purpose.
Committee members and former committee members must not make improper use of—
the member's, or former member's, position; or
information acquired by virtue of holding the member's, or former member's, position—
so as to gain an advantage for themselves or any other person or to cause detriment to the Association.
Note
See also Division 3 of Part 6 of the Act which sets out the general duties of the office holders of an incorporated association.
In addition to any duties imposed by these Rules, a committee member must perform any other duties imposed from time to time by resolution at a general meeting.
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