Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A strata company
commits an offence if, on application for inspection under section 107, it
does not make material to which this section applies available for inspection
by the applicant at a place and time —
(a)
agreed between the strata company and the person; or
(b) if
agreement is not reached within 3 days after the strata company is given the
application, specified in a written notice given by the strata company to the
person.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $3 000.
(2) The time specified
in a notice under subsection (1)(b) must be between 9am and 5pm on a day not
more than 10 days after the strata company is given the application.
(3) The material may
be made available in electronic or hard copy form.
(4) A person
inspecting material under this section —
(a) may
take extracts from, or make a copy of, the material, including by
photographing it, subject to any limitations specified in the regulations; and
(b) must
not, without the consent of the strata company, remove physical material from
the custody of the strata company; and
(c) must
not alter, damage, conceal or destroy any material or entry.
(5) The strata company
may, but is not obliged to, provide a copy of any material at the request of
the applicant, and, if it does so, it may charge a fee for the copy of an
amount not exceeding an amount fixed by the regulations.
(6) This section
applies to the following —
(a)
material kept under section 104;
(b) the
roll kept under section 105;
(c)
other documents in the possession or control of the strata company.
[Section 109 inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 83.]