Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may appoint a person or persons to hold an inquiry into the affairs of a cooperative if the Minister considers it is desirable to do so for the protection or otherwise in the interests of the public or of members or creditors of the cooperative.
(2) The Minister may vary the terms of appointment of an investigator if the investigator agrees to the variation.
(3) In the course of an inquiry into the affairs of a cooperative, an investigator may inquire into the affairs of a subsidiary of the cooperative that, if the subsidiary were the cooperative, would be affairs of the cooperative.
(4) An inquiry into the affairs of a subsidiary of a cooperative may be conducted as if the subsidiary were the cooperative.