Unless the rules of an incorporated association provide otherwise, the first members of the committee of the association are—
(a) in the case of an association incorporated under Division 1 of Part 2—the persons who were members of the committee of the association immediately before its incorporation;
(b) in the case of a registrable body registered as an incorporated association under Division 2 of Part 2—the persons who were members of the governing body (however described) of the registrable body immediately before its registration under this Act;
(c) in the case of the amalgamation of two or more incorporated associations into a single incorporated association under Division 3 of Part 2—the persons approved under section 17(1)(d) to be the members of the first committee of the new association.