ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION REFORM ACT 2012 (NO. 20 OF 2012) - SECT 206 Records and documents in language other than English

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION REFORM ACT 2012 (NO. 20 OF 2012) - SECT 206

    (1)     The records of an incorporated association may be kept in any language.

    (2)     A certified English translation of any record of an incorporated association not kept in English must be made available within a reasonable time on the request of—

        (a)     a member of the association; or

        (b)     the Registrar, or anyone else who is entitled to inspect the record.

    (3)     If under this Act a person gives to or lodges with the Registrar a document not written in English, the person must at the same time give to or lodge with the Registrar a certified English translation of the document.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (4)     In this section—

"certified", in relation to the translation of a record or document, means certified by a written statement given by the translator to be a correct translation of the record or document into English;

"document" means any rules, trust or other document and includes a copy of a document;

"records", of an incorporated association, include—

        (a)     the minutes of general meetings and committee meetings of the association;

        (b)     the financial records of the association.