Section 290 — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Personal access

(1) A director of a company, registered scheme, registrable superannuation entity or disclosing entity has a right of access to any financial or sustainability records at all reasonable times.

Note: Section 1232B extends this section to the directors of the corporate director of a retail or wholesale CCIV.

Court order for inspection on director’s behalf

(2) On application by a director, the Court may authorise a person to inspect the financial or sustainability records on the director’s behalf.

(3) A person authorised to inspect records may make copies of the records unless the Court orders otherwise.

(4) The Court may make any other orders it consider appropriate, including either or both of the following:

(a) an order limiting the use that a person who inspects the records may make of information obtained during the inspection;

(b) an order limiting the right of a person who inspects the records to make copies in accordance with subsection (3).

Related sections

• s 288 — Physical format
• s 289 — Place where financial records are kept
• s 289A — Place where sustainability records are kept
• s 291 — Signposts to other relevant provisions
• s 292 — Who has to prepare annual financial reports and directors’ reports
• s 292A — Who has to prepare annual sustainability reports

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