Section 249K — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

(1) A company must give its auditor:

(a) notice of a general meeting in the same way that a member of the company is entitled to receive notice; and

(b) any other communications relating to the general meeting that a member of the company is entitled to receive.

Note 1: For when a company must have an auditor, see Part 2M.3.

Note 2: An auditor may appoint a representative to attend a meeting (see subsection 249V(4)).

(2) An offence based on subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Related sections

• s 249H — Amount of notice of meetings
• s 249HA — Amount of notice of meetings of listed company
• s 249J — Notice of meetings of members to members and directors
• s 249L — Contents of notice of meetings of members
• s 249LA — Notice of meeting not required to contain certain information
• s 249M — Notice of adjourned meetings (replaceable rule—see section 135)

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