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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Administration of societies - Members - General meetings

88: Right of access to financial statements and minutes of meeting

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"Getting society information for free"

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You can ask a society for certain information at any time. You can ask for the financial statements from the last annual general meeting. You can also ask for the minutes from the last general meeting. The society must give you the information you ask for within a reasonable time. They must not charge you for this information. This rule still applies even if other rules, like Sections 80 and 81, say something different. You can get this information without any cost to you.

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Part 3Administration of societies
Members: General meetings

88Right of access to financial statements and minutes of meeting

  1. A member may, at any time, make a written request to the society for either or both of the following:

  2. the financial statements of the society that were presented at the most recent annual general meeting of the society:
    1. the minutes of the most recent general meeting of the society.

      1. The society must, within a reasonable period after receiving the request and without charge, provide the requested information to the member.

      2. Sections 80 and 81 do not limit this section.