Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345:section:236
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 236
Character Range: 362267–364544

236  General Manager may direct organisation to deliver copy of records

Register kept under section 230
 (1) Where:
 (a) a member of an organisation requests the General Manager to give a direction under this subsection; and
 (b) the General Manager is satisfied:
 (i) that the member has been refused access to the register required to be kept under section 230, or part of it, at the office or premises where the register or part is kept; or
 (ii) that there are other grounds for giving a direction under this subsection;
the General Manager may direct the organisation to deliver to the General Manager a copy of the relevant records certified by declaration by the secretary or other prescribed officer of the organisation to be, as at a day specified in the certificate that is not more than 28 days before the first‑mentioned day, a correct statement of the information contained in the register, for the member to inspect at a specified registry, and the organisation must comply with the direction.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.

Copy kept under section 231
 (2) Where:
 (a) a member of an organisation requests the General Manager to give a direction under this subsection; and
 (b) the General Manager is satisfied that:
 (i) the member has been refused access to the copy of the register required to be kept under section 231; and
 (ii) the member has reasonable grounds for seeking access to the copy;
the General Manager may direct the organisation to deliver to the General Manager a copy of the copy, and the organisation must comply with the direction.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (3) A direction of the General Manager given under this section must be in writing and must specify the period within which the relevant copy must be delivered to the General Manager. The period must not be less than 14 days after the direction is given.
 (4) A copy of a record delivered under subsection (1) or (2) may be in the form of a hard copy or, if the General Manager agrees, in electronic form.
 (5) Where the General Manager receives a copy of a document from an organisation under this section, the General Manager may, if the General Manager considers it appropriate in the circumstances, provide a copy of that document to a member of the organisation.