519Definitions

519 Definitions

affairs of a co-operative includes:

(a) the promotion, formation, membership, control, transactions, dealings, business and property of the co-operative; and

(b) loans made to the co-operative; and

(c) matters that are concerned with identifying people who are, or have been, financially interested in the success or failure, or apparent success or failure, of the co-operative or who are, or have been, able to control or influence materially the policies of the co-operative; and

(d) the circumstances in which a person placed, withdrew or disposed of funds with, or loans to, the co-operative.

costs of an inquiry under this Part includes:

(a) the expenses of, and incidental to, the inquiry; and

(b) the expenses payable by the Registrar in proceedings instituted by the Registrar under this Part in the name of the co-operative the subject of the inquiry; and

(c) the part of the remuneration of a public sector official that the Minister decides is attributable to matters connected with the inquiry.

involved person, in relation to an inquiry into the affairs of a co-operative, means:

(a) an officer of the co-operative; or

(b) a person who acts, or has at any time acted, as authorised deposit-taking institution, Australian legal practitioner, auditor or actuary, or in another capacity, for the co-operative; or

(c) a person who has, or at any time had, in his or her possession property of the co-operative; or

(d) a person who is indebted to the co-operative; or

(e) a person who is capable of giving information relating to the affairs of the co-operative; or

(f) a person whom an investigator believes on reasonable grounds to be a person referred to in paragraphs (a)–(e).