Business Trusts Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management and Administration
69. Register of unitholders
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The trustee‑manager of a registered business trust must —
trustee‑manager
“trustee‑manager”, in relation to a registered business trust, includes a replacement trustee‑manager and temporary trustee‑manager;
keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, a register of the unitholders of the registered business trust; and
make that register available for inspection, without charge, by any person during the business hours of the trustee‑manager.
The register mentioned in subsection (1) must contain —
the name and address of each unitholder of the registered business trust;
the extent of holding by each unitholder of units in the registered business trust;
the date on which the name of each person was entered in the register as a unitholder; and
the date on which any person ceased to be a unitholder.
Any trustee‑manager of a registered business trust which contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
registered business trust
“registered business trust” means a business trust that is registered by the Authority under section 4(1);
The trustee‑manager of a registered business trust is not by reason of anything done under Subdivision (1) of Division 2 of Part 7 of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 —
to be taken for any purpose to have notice of; or
to be put upon inquiry as to,a right of a person to or in relation to a unit in the registered business trust for the purposes of this section.