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Unclaimed Money Act 2008
27Offences by partnership or unincorporated association
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27 Offences by partnership or unincorporated association
If this Act provides that a person, being a partnership or an unincorporated association, is guilty of an offence, that reference to the person—
(a) in the case of a partnership, is to be read as a reference to each member of the partnership; and
(b) in the case of an unincorporated association, is to be read as a reference to each member of the committee of management of the association.
Part 4—Registrar's obligations and powers in respect of unclaimed money
Division 1—Registrar's obligations in respect of unclaimed money
28 Unclaimed money register
(1) The Registrar must keep an unclaimed money register that contains—
(a) the details included in the returns under section 12(2)(a) relating to unclaimed money paid to the Registrar under section 12(1)(a); and
(b) the details included in the statements under section 14(1)(c) relating to unclaimed money paid to the Registrar under section 14(1)(b).
(2) The unclaimed money register is to be in the form, and kept in the manner, determined by the Registrar.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Registrar must advertise, publish or make publicly available—
(a) on the Internet in a searchable form updated regularly; and
(b) in any other form the Registrar considers appropriate—
the minimum amount of information on the unclaimed money register that the Registrar considers necessary and expedient to advertise, publish or make publicly available for the purposes of this Act.
(4) If the identity of the owner of unclaimed money is unknown, the Registrar is not required to advertise, publish or make publicly available information from the unclaimed money register that is in respect of the unclaimed money of that owner.