603Disposal of records by Registrar

603 Disposal of records by Registrar

Subject to any law relating to the retention and disposal of records (including any law specified for the purposes of this section in the Co-operatives National Law Act of this jurisdiction), the Registrar may, if the Registrar considers it is no longer necessary or desirable for them to be retained, destroy or dispose of any of the following:

(a) an annual report or balance sheet filed more than 7 years ago;

(b) a document (other than the rules or a document affecting the rules of a co-operative) filed, given or registered more than 15 years ago;

(c) a document filed, given or registered in relation to a co-operative that was deregistered or ceased to be registered more than 15 years ago;

(d) a document of which a transparency or electronic image has been incorporated with a register kept by the Registrar or is otherwise kept in the office of the Registrar.