(1) All departments of
the Public Service of the State and all instrumentalities or agencies of the
Government established or administered pursuant to any Act (including any
local government) shall, and are hereby authorised to, give to the Commission
such assistance in the carrying out of its functions as is reasonably
practical, and shall comply with all reasonable requests for information made
by the Commission, but this provision shall not be taken as exempting the
Commission from any requirement as to the payment of fees or charges.
(2) The Minister of
the Crown having responsibility for any such department, instrumentality or
agency may, on the request of the Commission, direct that body to provide
assistance to the Commission, and any such direction may require that the
services (whether administrative, technical or otherwise) of any person
employed or engaged by that department, instrumentality or agency, or any
facilities, shall be made available for the purposes of this Act and the
Betting Control Act 1954 .
[Section 19 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 14
of 1996 s. 4; No. 35 of 2003 s. 133.]