(1) In this section
—
document includes any tape, disk 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 functions of the
Waste Authority;
officer of the Waste Authority means a person
whose services are provided under section 16(1) or used under section 17(1).
(2) The Minister is
entitled to have information in the possession of the Waste Authority and, if
the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies
of, that document.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2) the Minister may —
(a)
request the Waste Authority to provide information to the Minister; and
(b)
request the Waste Authority to give the Minister access to information; and
(c) for
the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of officers of the Waste Authority to
obtain the information and provide it to the Minister.
(4) The Waste
Authority must comply with a request under subsection (3) and make its
officers and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of
paragraph (c) of that subsection.