Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) this Act requires that a book of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is to be available for inspection generally; or
(b) a person has a right under this Act to inspect a book of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
(2) If the book is required to be kept at the corporation's registered office, the corporation must make the book available for inspection at the registered office each business day from at least 10 am to 12 noon and from at least 2 pm to 4 pm.
(3) If the book is required to be kept at the corporation's document access address, the corporation must make the book available for inspection at the document access address within 7 days after the person seeking to inspect the book asks the corporation in writing to inspect the book.
(4) An offence against subsection (2) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(5) A person permitted by this Act to inspect a book may make copies of, or take extracts from, the book and any person who refuses or fails to allow a person so permitted to make a copy of, or take an extract from, the book commits an offence.
(6) An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .