Part 1 — Incorporating a Cooperative Division 1 Application to Incorporate
9 Contents of bylaws
subject-matter that must be included in the bylaws of a cooperative.
(2) The bylaws of a cooperative may provide for
(a) the representation of members by delegates and, if so,
(i) the designation of the classes of members, if any, who
may be represented by delegates,
(ii) the procedure for altering classes of members, if
applicable, and
(iii) the powers, duties, selec tion, qualifications, term of
office, voting rights and procedures for the removal of
delegates;
(b) the division of members into classes and, if so,
(i) the qualifications for membership in each class,
(ii) the conditions precedent to membership in each class,
(iii) the method, time and mann er of withdrawing from a
class or transferring membership from one class to
another and any applicable conditions on a transfer, and
(iv) the conditions on which membership in a class ends;
(c) anything that this Act or the regulations provide for the
making of a bylaw;
(d) the referral of disputes between a member and the
cooperative to a process of dispute resolution, including
mediation, or arbitration under the Arbitration Act, or both,
and for that purpose may adopt, with or without
modifications, model clauses prescribed by the regulations;
(e) any other matter that the members consider necessary or
desirable.