119Register of members

119 Register of members

119 Register of members

(1) A society must keep a register of members of the society and enter in the register—

(a) the names and addresses of the members, and

(b) the date of admission to membership, and

(c) any other prescribed information.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The register of members is evidence of membership of the society.

(3) A member is entitled to have access to that part of the register of members in which particulars of his or her membership are entered.

(4) A society must allow a person access to the register of members if the person satisfies the society that the person requires access for the purpose of—

(a) calling a meeting of members or a particular class of members, or

(b) undertaking some other activity approved by the Registrar.

(5) Before a society allows a person, who has satisfied the society in accordance with subsection (4), to have access to the register of members, the society may require the person to enter into a contract with the society under which the person undertakes—

(a) to restrict access to the information obtained by the person from the register to persons identified in the contract, and

(b) to restrict use of the information obtained by the person from the register to a specified purpose.

(6) If a society’s register of members includes information in addition to that required by subsection (1), this section does not require—

(a) a person to be allowed to see that additional information when inspecting the register, or

(b) a copy of the register, or a part of it, sent to a person to contain that additional information.