Minister to have access to information
26 Minister to have access to information
The Minister is entitled —
to have information in the possession of a commission; and
where the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document.
For the purposes of subsection (1) the Minister may —
request a commission to furnish information to the Minister;
request a commission to give the Minister access to information;
for the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff and facilities of a commission to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.
A commission is to comply with a request under subsection (2) and make its staff and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of subsection (2)(c).
In this section —
document includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored mechanically, photographically, or electronically or otherwise;
information means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of a commission.
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