Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A cooperative must have at the office where the registers are kept and available during all reasonable hours for inspection by a member free of charge the following—
(a) a copy of this Act and the regulations;
(b) a copy of the rules of the cooperative and attachments to the rules under section 337;
(c) a copy of the minutes of each general meeting of the cooperative;
(d) a copy of the last annual report of the cooperative under section 242;
(e) the register of directors, members and shares;
(f) the register of names of persons who have given loans or deposits to or hold securities or debentures given or issued by the cooperative;
(g) other registers that a regulation may provide are to be open for inspection under this section.
(2) If a register is not kept on a computer, the person inspects the register itself.
(3) If the register is kept on a computer, the person inspects a hard copy of the information on the register unless the person and the cooperative agree the person can access the information by computer.
(4) A member is entitled to make a copy of entries in a register specified in subsection (1) free of charge unless the rules of the cooperative require a fee to be paid, in which case on payment of the required fee.
(5) The fee required by the rules must not be more than the fee prescribed under a regulation for a copy of any entry in the register.
(6) A cooperative must—
(a) permit a member to inspect a document or make a copy of a document the member may inspect or make under this section; and
(b) give the member all reasonable help to inspect the document or make the copy.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(7) A cooperative must have, at the place where the registers are kept and available during all reasonable hours for inspection by any person, the documents in relation to the cooperative prescribed under a regulation.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.