Western Australian Current Acts

VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1978 - SECT 16A

16A .         Minister to have access to information

        (1)         The Minister is entitled —

            (a)         to have information in the possession of the Valuer-General; and

            (b)         if the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may —

            (a)         request the Valuer-General to provide information to the Minister;

            (b)         request the Valuer-General to give the Minister access to information;

            (c)         for the purposes of paragraph (b), make use of the staff of the Valuer-General to obtain the information and provide it to the Minister.

        (3)         The Valuer-General is to comply with a request under subsection (2) and make the facilities and staff of the Valuer-General available to the Minister for the purposes of subsection (2)(c).

        (4)         In this section —

        document includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;

        information means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the powers, duties and functions of the Valuer-General;

        staff of the Valuer-General means the officers and staff provided by the Authority to assist the Valuer-General.

        [Section 16A inserted: No. 70 of 2003 s. 53; amended: No. 60 of 2006 s. 173.]