§ 63 — Annual returns

63.—(1) The secretary of every registered platform work association must provide annually to the Registrar on or before the prescribed date in each year a general statement, audited in the prescribed manner, of all receipts and expenditure during the period of 12 months ending on the last day of March last preceding that prescribed date, and of the assets and liabilities of the platform work association as at that day.(2) The general statement mentioned in subsection (1) must be accompanied by a copy of the auditor’s report and must be prepared in such form and comprise such particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) The secretary of each registered platform work association must provide to the Registrar, together with the general statement mentioned in subsection (1) —(a)

a copy of —(i)

all alterations or amendments of rules, and all new rules, of the platform work association; and

(ii)

a list of all changes of officers,

made by the platform work association during the period of 12 months preceding the last day of March; and

(b)

a copy of the rules of the platform work association in force on that day.

(4) The Registrar may, on application to him or her by a registered platform work association, by written notice, substitute —(a)

the day on which the financial year of the platform work association ends for the last day of March mentioned in subsections (1) and (3); and

(b)

if necessary, some other date for the date prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1).

(5) All the provisions of this section apply accordingly in the case of the registered platform work association mentioned in subsection (4) as though the day and the date so substituted were respectively the last day of March mentioned in subsections (1) and (3) and the prescribed date mentioned in subsection (1).

(6) Every member of a registered platform work association is entitled to receive free of charge a copy of the general statement mentioned in subsection (1) and the secretary of each registered platform work association must deliver a copy of that statement to every member of his or her platform work association who applies to him or her for a copy of that statement.

(7) Any secretary of a registered platform work association who fails to comply with any requirement of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(8) Every person who wilfully makes or orders or causes or procures to be made any false entry in or omission from any of the following documents provided to the Registrar shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both:(a)

the general statement mentioned in subsection (1);

(b)

the copy of the auditor’s report mentioned in subsection (2);

(c)

any copy mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b).

—(1) The secretary of every registered platform work association must provide annually to the Registrar on or before the prescribed date in each year a general statement, audited in the prescribed manner, of all receipts and expenditure during the period of 12 months ending on the last day of March last preceding that prescribed date, and of the assets and liabilities of the platform work association as at that day.

(2) The general statement mentioned in subsection (1) must be accompanied by a copy of the auditor’s report and must be prepared in such form and comprise such particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) The secretary of each registered platform work association must provide to the Registrar, together with the general statement mentioned in subsection (1) —(a)

a copy of —(i)

all alterations or amendments of rules, and all new rules, of the platform work association; and

(ii)

a list of all changes of officers,

made by the platform work association during the period of 12 months preceding the last day of March; and

(b)

a copy of the rules of the platform work association in force on that day.

(4) The Registrar may, on application to him or her by a registered platform work association, by written notice, substitute —(a)

the day on which the financial year of the platform work association ends for the last day of March mentioned in subsections (1) and (3); and

(b)

if necessary, some other date for the date prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1).

(5) All the provisions of this section apply accordingly in the case of the registered platform work association mentioned in subsection (4) as though the day and the date so substituted were respectively the last day of March mentioned in subsections (1) and (3) and the prescribed date mentioned in subsection (1).

(6) Every member of a registered platform work association is entitled to receive free of charge a copy of the general statement mentioned in subsection (1) and the secretary of each registered platform work association must deliver a copy of that statement to every member of his or her platform work association who applies to him or her for a copy of that statement.

(7) Any secretary of a registered platform work association who fails to comply with any requirement of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(8) Every person who wilfully makes or orders or causes or procures to be made any false entry in or omission from any of the following documents provided to the Registrar shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both:(a)

the general statement mentioned in subsection (1);

(b)

the copy of the auditor’s report mentioned in subsection (2);

(c)

any copy mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b).