Corporations Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 9) (227 of 2007)

Schedule 1   Amendments

[6]   Subregulation 12.8.06 (3)

substitute

(3) Section 173 of the Act is modified in relation to the body corporate by inserting after subsection 173 (1):

(1AA) However, a body corporate mentioned in regulation 12.8.02 of the Corporations Regulations may, before allowing a person to inspect the part of the register for members of the body corporate who hold member shares, require the person to agree in writing with the body that the person will only:

(a) divulge information obtained by the person from inspecting the register to a person who is, or to persons who are, specified in the agreement; or

(b) use information obtained by the person from inspecting the register for a purpose that is, or purposes that are, specified in the agreement.

(1AB) Also, the body corporate mentioned in regulation 12.8.02 of the Corporations Regulations may refuse to allow a person to inspect the part of the register for members of the body who hold member shares if:

(a) the body is not satisfied that the person is a member of the body who intends to call a meeting of members, or of particular members, of the body; or

(b) the body is not satisfied that the person proposes to inspect the register for a purpose that is approved in writing by ASIC:

(i) on its own initiative; or

(ii) on the written application of the person or of another person; or

(c) the body is not satisfied that allowing the person to inspect that part of the register is in the interests of the members as a whole.