584General powers of Supreme Court

584 General powers of Supreme Court

(1) Orders and directions (cf Corporations Act s 241 (1))

The Supreme Court may make any orders, and give any directions, it thinks just in relation to proceedings brought or intervened in with leave, or in relation to an application for leave, including:

(a) interim orders; and

(b) directions about the conduct of the proceedings, including requiring mediation; and

(c) an order directing the co-operative, or an officer of the co-operative, to do, or not to do, any act; and

(d) an order appointing an independent person to investigate, and report to the court on:

(i) the financial affairs of the co-operative; or

(ii) the facts or circumstances that gave rise to the cause of action the subject of the proceedings; or

(iii) the costs incurred in the proceedings by the parties to the proceedings and the person granted leave.

(2) Appointee entitled to inspect and copy books (cf Corporations Act s 241 (2))

A person appointed by the Supreme Court under subsection (1) (d) is entitled, on giving reasonable notice to the co-operative, to inspect and make copies of any books of the co-operative for any purpose connected with the person’s appointment.