(1) Members may request a responsible entity to give to all its members a statement provided by the members making the request about:
(2) The request must be made by:
(2A) The regulations may prescribe a different number of members for the purposes of the application of paragraph (2)(b) to:
(3) The request must be:
(4) Separate copies of a document setting out the request may be used for signing by members if the wording of the request is identical in each copy. (5) The percentage of the votes that members have is to be worked out as at the midnight before the request is given to the responsible entity. (6) After receiving the request, the responsible entity must distribute to all the members of the scheme a copy of the statement at the same time, or as soon as practicable afterwards, and in the same way, as it gives notice of a meeting. (7) The responsible entity is responsible for the cost of making the distribution if the responsible entity receives the statement in time to send it out to members with the notice of meeting. (8) The members making the request are jointly and individually liable for the expenses reasonably incurred by the responsible entity in making the distribution if the responsible entity does not receive the statement in time to send it out with the notice of meeting. A resolution may be passed at a meeting of the scheme's members that the responsible entity is to meet the expenses out of the scheme's assets. (9) The responsible entity need not comply with the request: