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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Register, regulations, amendments, and other miscellaneous provisions - Register of incorporated societies - Registrar’s powers of inspection

245: What powers may be exercised

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"Showing documents to the Registrar or an authorised person"

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You can be asked to show documents to the Registrar or an authorised person. They can look at and copy these documents. They can also take the documents away to copy them, but only for a reasonable time. You might have to give them documents if you have them, even if you are a bank. If you do not give them the documents, you can get a fine of up to $10,000. You have the same rights as a witness in court when giving documents, see subpart 8 of Part 2 of the Evidence Act 2006. A relevant document is one that has information about the society or its money and property.

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Part 6Register, regulations, amendments, and other miscellaneous provisions
Register of incorporated societies: Registrar’s powers of inspection

245What powers may be exercised

  1. The powers are as follows:

  2. to require a person, in the manner specified by the Registrar or authorised person, to produce for inspection relevant documents within that person's possession or control:
    1. to inspect and take copies of relevant documents:
      1. to take possession of relevant documents and remove them from the place where they are kept, and retain them for a reasonable time, for the purpose of taking copies:
        1. to retain relevant documents for a period that is, in all the circumstances, reasonable if there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are evidence of the commission of an offence.

          1. A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(a) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

          2. A person referred to in subsection (1)(a) includes a person carrying on the business of banking.

          3. Every person has the same privileges in relation to producing relevant documents under this section as witnesses have in proceedings before a court (see subpart 8 of Part 2 of the Evidence Act 2006).

          4. In this section, relevant document, in relation to a society, means a document that contains information relating to—

          5. the society; or
            1. money or other property that is, or has been, managed, supervised, controlled, or held in trust by or for the society.

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