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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Administration of societies - Members - Access to information for members

81: Grounds for refusing request

You could also call this:

"When a society can say no to giving you information"

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You can be refused information if it would hurt someone's privacy. You can also be refused information if it would affect the society's or its members' business. The society can refuse information if it is not about the society. You can be refused information if it would hurt another person's business. You can also be refused information if it is not relevant or if the request is not serious. There may be other reasons the society can refuse information. The society's rules can say that these are the only reasons they can refuse information, but this is not always the case, you can compare with other laws.

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Part 3Administration of societies
Members: Access to information for members

81Grounds for refusing request

  1. A society may refuse to provide the information if—

  2. withholding the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons; or
    1. the disclosure of the information would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial position of the society or of any of its members; or
      1. the disclosure of the information would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial position of any other person, whether or not that person supplied the information to the society; or
        1. the information is not relevant to the operation or affairs of the society; or
          1. the request for the information is frivolous or vexatious.

            1. Subsection (1) does not limit the reasons for which a society may refuse to provide the information.

            2. However, the constitution of a society may negate subsection (2) (with the effect that the reasons for which a society may refuse to provide the information are limited to those in subsection (1)).

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