601Inspection of register of co-operatives

601 Inspection of register of co-operatives

601 Inspection of register of co-operatives

(1) A person may—

(a) inspect the register of co-operatives on payment of the prescribed fee (if any); and

(b) inspect documents kept by the Registrar relating to a co-operative and prescribed by the National Regulations on payment of the prescribed fee (if any); and

(c) obtain, on payment of the prescribed fee, an extract from the register of co-operatives inspected under paragraph (a); and

(d) obtain, on payment of the prescribed fee, a certified copy of a document that the person may inspect under paragraph (b); and

(e) obtain, on payment of the prescribed fee, a copy of a document that the person may inspect under paragraph (b).

(2) The local regulations may prescribe the manner in which, or the times and places at which, or both, a person may do any of the things referred to in subsection (1).

(3) A person may pay a fee, in advance or in arrears, under an arrangement approved by the designated authority.

(4) If a reproduction or transparency of a document or an extract of information contained in a document and recorded in the register is produced for inspection, a person is not entitled under subsection (1) to require the production of the original of the document.

(5) In this section—

prescribed fee means the fee—

(a) prescribed by the National Regulations, unless paragraph (b) applies; or

(b) prescribed by the local regulations.