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Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012
196Inspection of register and obtaining copies of documents
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196 Inspection of register and obtaining copies of documents
(1) On payment of the prescribed fee (if any), a person may inspect—
(a) the register of incorporated associations; or
S. 196(1)(b) amended by No. 13/2017 s. 15(1).
(b) prescribed documents or documents of a prescribed class kept by the Registrar relating to an incorporated association; or
S. 196(1)(c) inserted by No. 13/2017 s. 15(2).
(c) if a document listed in paragraph (b) is kept in an electronic system—a physical copy of information that is produced from the electronic system that shows the relevant data or electronic transaction relating to the prescribed document or prescribed class of documents.
(2) On payment of the prescribed fee (if any), a person may obtain—
(a) a copy of a document that the person may inspect under subsection (1)(b); or
S. 196(2)(b) amended by No. 13/2017 s. 15(3).
(b) a certified copy of a document that the person may inspect under subsection (1)(b); or
S. 196(2)(c) inserted by No. 13/2017 s. 15(4).
(c) if a document listed in subsection (1)(b) is kept in an electronic system—a physical copy of information that is produced from the electronic system that shows the relevant data or electronic transaction relating to the prescribed document or prescribed class of documents.
(3) If a reproduction, transparency or electronic copy of a document or an extract of information contained in a document and recorded in the register is produced for inspection, a person is not entitled under subsection (1) to require the production of the original of the document.
S. 197 amended by No. 33/2015 s. 17.