Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fundraising Appeals Act 1998 - SECT 33

Public may inspect some records

33. Public may inspect some records



(1) Any person may inspect the accounts required by sections 29(4) and (5) and
the records required to be kept by section 30 (other than the records referred
to in sections 30(1)(b) and (c)).

(2) Any person may inspect any auditor's report prepared under section 32 at
any time after a copy has been given to the Director.

(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the auditor's report contains information
that a person is not entitled to inspect under subsection (1).

(4) A person who is conducting, or has conducted, a fundraising appeal must
make any account or record that a person is entitled to inspect under this
section available for inspection during normal business hours within 21 days
of receiving-

   (a)  a written request for the inspection from the person; and

   (b)  the fee (if any) required by the regulations for the purposes of this
        section.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(5) The account or record must be made available for inspection at the
principal place of business in Victoria of the person who is conducting, or
who conducted, the appeal, unless the person who wishes to inspect the account
or record agrees to a different venue for the inspection.

(6) It is sufficient compliance with a request for inspection if the person
who is conducting, or has conducted, the fundraising appeal gives the person
who made the request a copy of the information requested.

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