Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p154
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 154/175)
Character Range: 561079–563848

all of the following matters:
 (a) if the corporation has failed to comply with a provision of this Act or the corporation's constitution;
 (b) an alleged or suspected contravention of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, being a contravention that concerns the management or examinable affairs of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or a related body corporate, or involves fraud or dishonesty and relates to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or a related body corporate;
 (c) if there has been an irregularity in the operations or examinable affairs of the corporation;
 (d) if circumstances exist that constitute, or may constitute, grounds for appointing a special administrator for the corporation;
 (e) if circumstances are likely to occur or develop and that, if they were to occur or develop, may constitute grounds for appointing a special administrator for the corporation.
 (2) The authorised officer is entitled, at all reasonable times, to full and free access to the books of the corporation and any related body corporate.
 (3) The authorised officer may make copies, or take extracts from, any such books.
 (4) The authorised officer may require any person to produce such books of the corporation, or a related body corporate, in the possession of the person, or to which the person has access, as the authorised officer considers necessary for the purposes of this section.
 (5) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (4) commits an offence.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (6) An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (7) A report under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

453‑5  Production of books or attendance to answer questions
 (1) The Registrar may, by notice given to a person whom the Registrar, on reasonable grounds, believes to have some knowledge of the examinable affairs of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, require the person:
 (a) to provide the Registrar or an authorised officer with information concerning the corporation or its examinable affairs; or
 (b) to produce to the Registrar or an authorised officer books of the corporation, or a related body corporate or connected entity, in the custody or under the control of the person; or
 (c) to appear before the Registrar or an authorised officer to answer questions about the corporation or its examinable affairs.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), the notice:
 (a) must be in writing; and
 (b) may be given personally or by post; and
 (c) must specify:
 (i) when and how the person is to provide the information or produce the documents; or
 (ii) when and where the person