(1) The Minister is
entitled to have information in the possession of the Commission and, 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 Commission to provide information to the Minister;
(b)
request the Commission to give the Minister access to information;
(c) for
the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff of the Commission to
obtain the information and provide it to the Minister.
(3) The Commission is
to comply with a request under subsection (2) and the Commission is to make
its staff and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of
paragraph (c) of that subsection.
(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 functions of the
Commission.
[Section 16A inserted: No. 68 of 1994 s. 17.]
[Heading inserted: No. 68 of 1994 s. 18.]