Fundraising Act 1998
33Public may inspect some records
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33 Public may inspect some records
(1) Any person may inspect the accounts required by sections 29(4) and (5) and the records required to be kept by section 30 (other than the records referred to in sections 30(1)(b) and (c)).
S. 33(2) amended by No. 70/2001 s. 24(1)(a).
(2) Any person may inspect any auditor's report prepared under section 32 at any time after a copy has been given to the Director.
(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the auditor's report contains information that a person is not entitled to inspect under subsection (1).
(4) A person who is conducting, or has conducted, a fundraising appeal must make any account or record that a person is entitled to inspect under this section available for inspection during normal business hours within 21 days of receiving—
(a) a written request for the inspection from the person; and
(b) the fee (if any) required by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(5) The account or record must be made available for inspection at the principal place of business in Victoria of the person who is conducting, or who conducted, the appeal, unless the person who wishes to inspect the account or record agrees to a different venue for the inspection.
(6) It is sufficient compliance with a request for inspection if the person who is conducting, or has conducted, the fundraising appeal gives the person who made the request a copy of the information requested.
Pt 3 Div. 7 (Heading and ss 33A–33M) inserted by No. 70/2001 s. 14.