Co-operatives National Law Application Act 2013
488False statements in loan application etc
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488 False statements in loan application etc
(1) A person must not in, or in relation to, an application, request, or demand for money made to or of a co-operative:
(a) give information or make a statement to the co-operative or an officer, employee or agent of the co-operative knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) proffer to the co-operative or an officer, employee or agent of the co-operative any information or statement provided by another person knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular.
(2) If a person is found guilty of an offence under subsection (1), a co-operative from which money has been obtained by the person in relation to the commission of the offence may exercise all rights under a mortgage or other security given to it by the person to secure the repayment of money that it could exercise if there were a breach of a covenant or of a term of a contract by which the security was given.
(3) The co-operative may exercise the rights whether the mortgage or other security was executed by the person alone or by the person and another person or other persons.
Part 6.3 Examining a person about a co-operative
489 Application of Corporations Act—court-directed examinations
A co-operative is declared to be an applied Corporations legislation matter for the purposes of the Corporations application legislation of this jurisdiction in relation to Division 1 of Part 5.9 of the Corporations Act, subject to the modifications referred to in section 13 (3) of this Law so far as they are relevant.
Part 6.4 Supervision and inspection