Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

CHAPTER 2 - COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH  

PART 2-2 - ACCOUNTABLE AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIALS  

Division 3 - Inspection of books of corporate Commonwealth entities  

SECTION 16DA   INSPECTION OF BOOKS OF CORPORATE COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES  

16DA(1)    
A person who is the accountable authority, or a member of the accountable authority, of a corporate Commonwealth entity may, for the purposes of an eligible legal proceeding in relation to the person, inspect the books of the entity at all reasonable times.

16DA(2)    
A person who ceases to be the accountable authority, or a member of the accountable authority, of a corporate Commonwealth entity may, for the purposes of an eligible legal proceeding in relation to the person, inspect the books of the entity at all reasonable times during the period of 7 years beginning at that cessation.

16DA(3)    
However, a person ' s right under subsection (1) or (2) to inspect books is subject to any Commonwealth law that prohibits disclosure of particular information.

16DA(4)    
A person authorised to inspect books under this section may make copies of the books.

16DA(5)    
In this section:

eligible legal proceeding
, in relation to a person, means a legal proceeding:

(a)    to which the person is a party; or

(b)    that the person proposes in good faith to bring; or

(c)    that the person reasonably believes will be brought against the person.