Corporations Act 2001

If the company’s auditor or their representative is at the meeting, the chair of an AGM must:

allow a reasonable opportunity for the members as a whole at the meeting to ask the auditor or the auditor’s representative questions relevant to:

the conduct of audits; and

the preparation and content of the auditor’s reports; and

the accounting policies adopted by the company in relation to the preparation of the financial statements; and

the policies adopted by the company in relation to the preparation of any sustainability reports the company is required to prepare; and

the independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of audits; and

allow a reasonable opportunity for the auditor or their representative to answer written questions submitted to the auditor under section 250PA.

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

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

If :

the company’s auditor or their representative is at the meeting; and

the auditor has prepared a written answer to a written question submitted to the auditor under section 250PA;

The listed company must make the written answer tabled under subsection (3) reasonably available to members as soon as practicable after the AGM.