New Zealand Legislation: Acts

218 Copies of documents

• (1) A person may require a copy of, or extract from, a document which is available for inspection by him or her under section 215 or section 216 to be sent to him or her—

  • (a) within 5 working days after he or she has made a request in writing for the copy or extract; and

  • (b) if he or she has paid a reasonable copying and administration fee prescribed by the company.

  (2) If a company fails to provide a copy of, or extract from, a document in accordance with a request under subsection (1),—

  • (a) the company commits an offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty set out in section 373(1); and

  • (b) every director of the company commits an offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty set out in section 374(1).