Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 319

319. (1) Where:

   (a)  a member of a company applies to the Court for an order authorising a
        registered company auditor, or a duly qualified legal practitioner,
        acting on behalf of the member to inspect books of the company; and

   (b)  the Court is satisfied that the member is acting in good faith and
        that the inspection is to be made for a proper purpose; the Court may:

   (c)  make an order authorising a registered company auditor, or a duly
        qualified legal practitioner, acting on behalf of the member, at such
        time as is specified in the order, to inspect, and to make copies of,
        or take extracts from, specified books of the company; and

   (d)  make such other order or orders (if any) as it thinks fit including,
        without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an order relating to
        the use that may be made of the information disclosed to the member by
        the registered company auditor or the duly qualified legal
        practitioner as a result of the inspection.

(2) The right of a member of a company to apply for an order under subsection
(1) is in addition to and not in derogation of any right in relation to the
inspection of books of a company that a member of a company has under any
other law.