Accountants Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration of Public Accountants
12B. Request for copy of filed documents
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A person may, upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed, require a copy of or an extract from any document, as may be prescribed, which is filed with the Registrar, to be given or certified by the Registrar.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Public Accountants appointed by the Authority under section 7(1)(a) and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar appointed under section 7(1)(b);
Any copy or extract given under subsection (1) which is certified to be a true copy or extract by the Registrar is, in any proceedings, admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document.
Subsection (1) does not apply to any document prescribed as an excluded document for the purposes of this subsection.
Where a document is submitted on or after the date of commencement of section 16 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024 using a form on the electronic transaction system, the reference to a document in subsection (1) excludes the following entries in the form:
electronic transaction system
“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system mentioned in section 12A(1);
a means of notification provided by a person for the purposes of section 28A(1)(b) of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
an individual’s date of birth obtained under this Act or section 28(1A) of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
any other prescribed information.
Where —
a document is filed or lodged with the Registrar or the Oversight Committee under this Act by submitting a form on the electronic transaction system on or after the date of commencement of section 16 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024; and
an individual’s residential address is entered in that form,the Registrar must cause the individual’s residential address to be excluded from every copy or extract of that document given or certified by the Registrar under subsection (1).