16Accounts and report of company

### 16 Accounts and report of company > > (1)  The Board of a company is to provide the Minister with copies of the following: > > > > > > (a) the memorandum and articles of association of the company and each of its subsidiaries and any amendments to those memorandums or articles; > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-15/act-2001-042#JS1@Ja52@GC2@EN) any financial statement, directors' report or auditor's report and the annual return for the company and each of its subsidiaries as required by the Corporations Act. > > > (2)  The Minister is to cause to be laid before each House of Parliament the copies referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) within 7 sitting days after receiving them.