Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p133
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 133/175)
Character Range: 508284–510860

book, or that part of the book, within a reasonable time after the person asks for it.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (4) To avoid doubt, subsection (3) applies even if the book concerned includes minutes that are kept by means of an audio, or audio‑visual, recording.
 (5) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

376‑10  Court may compel compliance
 (1) If any person in contravention of this Act refuses to permit the inspection of any book or to supply a copy of any book, the Court may by order compel an immediate inspection of the book or order the copy to be supplied.
 (2) The reference in subsection (1) to a copy of a book includes a reference to an English translation of a book or a part of a book.

376‑15  Admissibility of books in evidence
 (1) A book kept by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation under a requirement of this Act is:
 (a) admissible in evidence in any proceeding; and
 (b) prima facie evidence of any matter stated or recorded in the book.
 (2) A document purporting to be a book kept by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is, unless the contrary is proved, taken to be a book kept as mentioned in subsection (1).

376‑20  Form of books
 (1) A book that is required by this Act to be kept or prepared may be kept or prepared:
 (a) by making entries in a bound or loose‑leaf book; or
 (b) by recording or storing the matters concerned by means of a mechanical, electronic or other device; or
 (c) in any other manner approved by the Registrar.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not authorise a book to be kept or prepared by a mechanical, electronic or other device unless:
 (a) the matters recorded or stored will be capable, at any time, of being reproduced in a written form; or
 (b) a reproduction of those matters is kept in a written form approved by the Registrar.

376‑25  Protection of books
 (1) An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must take all reasonable precautions for guarding against damage to, destruction of or falsification of or in, and for discovery of falsification of or in, any book or part of a book required by this Act to be kept or prepared by the corporation.
 (2) The regulations may prescribe further precautions that an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must take for the purposes of subsection (1).
 (3) If an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation records or stores any matters by means of a mechanical, electronic or other device, any duty imposed by