Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Act 2004 (103 of 2004)

Schedule 8   Shareholder participation and information

Corporations Act 2001

16   At the end of section 314

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Sending full or concise report

(4) A company, registered scheme or disclosing entity may send a report referred to in subsection (1) to a member using an electronic means if the member has nominated that means as one by which the member may be sent reports referred to in that subsection.

(5) If a member of a company, registered scheme or disclosing entity nominates:

(a) an electronic means (the nominated notification means ) by which the member may be notified that reports referred to in subsection (1) are available; and

(b) an electronic means (the nominated access means ) the member may use to access those reports;

the company, registered scheme or disclosing entity may send a report referred to in that subsection to the member by notifying the member (using the nominated notification means):

(c) that the report is available; and

(d) how the member may make use of the nominated access means to access the report.

(6) Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit subsection (1).