Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01296:clause:1_272
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01296
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 272
Character Range: 41286–42895

272  Information to be provided to members or Registrar

 (1) A member of an organisation, or a Registrar, may apply to the organisation for specified prescribed information in relation to the organisation to be made available to the person making the application.

 (2) The application must be in writing and must specify the period within which, and the manner in which, the information is to be made available. The period must not be less than 14 days after the application is given to the organisation.

 (3) An organisation must comply with an application made under subsection (1).

Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 305).

 (4) A Registrar may only make an application under subsection (1) at the request of a member of the organisation concerned, and the Registrar must provide to a member information received because of an application made at the request of the member.

 (5) Accounts prepared under section 273 of the Workplace Relations Act as in force immediately before commencement must include a notice drawing attention to subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section and setting out those subsections.

Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 305).

 (6) Without limiting the information that may be prescribed under subsection (1), the information prescribed must include details (including the amount) of any fees paid by the organisation for payroll deduction services provided by a person who is an employer of:
 (a) the member making the application for information; or
 (b) the member at whose request the application was made.