Status Prior to Incorporation

72. Prior to the party or a branch of the party being incorporated:

  1. the party or branch is an unincorporated association, the rules of which are as set out in this constitution;
  2. a trust exists for the advancement of the objects of the party, with members of management committees as trustees, and the terms of which are as set out in this constitution;
  3. a contract exists between each applicant for membership and member and trustee and every other applicant for membership and member and trustee in which all such persons agree to observe and perform the provisions of this constitution; and
  4. a pre-incorporation contract exists between each applicant for membership and member and trustee and the party and its branches in which all such persons agree to observe and perform the provisions of this constitution.