Co-operatives National Law (NSW)

An investigator may, and if directed by the Registrar to do so must, make interim reports to the Registrar on any inquiry being held by the investigator.

As soon as practicable after the end of an inquiry, the investigator must report to the Registrar—

the opinion of the investigator in relation to the affairs of the co-operative the subject of the inquiry; and

the findings on which the opinion is based.

An investigator’s report may include a recommendation as to whether—

a direction should be given under section 530 (3); or

an application should be made under section 530 (4) or (5); or

both a direction should be given and an application should be made.

A report by an investigator may be accompanied by any document of which the investigator has taken possession after being produced under this Part, in which case the Registrar—

may retain the document for the period the Registrar considers necessary to decide whether proceedings should be instituted as a result of the inquiry; and

may retain the document for the further period the Registrar considers necessary to enable proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted; and

may permit the use of the document for proceedings instituted as a result of the inquiry; and

must permit inspection of the document by a person who would be entitled to inspect it if it were returned to its former custody; and

may permit inspection of the document by another person while it is in the possession of the Registrar, but only if the Registrar considers the person has an interest in the inquiry and, because of the interest, refusal of the inspection would be unjust.