Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016

The

Minister is entitled—

to require the Commission to collect or retain specified information;

and

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.

The

Minister may, in connection with the operation of subsection (1)—

request the Commission to furnish information to the Minister; and

request the Commission to give the Minister access to information; and

for the purposes of paragraph (b), make use of the staff of the Commission to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.

However, the Minister is not entitled to obtain under this section information that the Commission considers should be treated for any reason as confidential so long as the Commission does not adversely affect the proper performance of ministerial functions or duties.