(1) If a reciprocal
arrangement with another State or a Territory is in force, the
Registrar —
(a) may,
at the request of the appropriate official of the State or Territory, give the
official information or documents relating to a co-operative; and
(b) may
ask the appropriate official of the State or Territory to give the Registrar
documents or information relating to an organisation that, under the
arrangement, is an organisation corresponding to a co-operative.
(2) A reciprocal
arrangement with another State or a Territory is an arrangement made between
the Minister and a representative of the government of the other State or the
Territory under which it is agreed —
(a) that
the Registrar will comply with a request referred to in
subsection (1)(a); and
(b) that
a request made by the Registrar to an official designated in the arrangement
as the appropriate official for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) will be
complied with.