Small Business Development Corporation Act 1983

In this section —

The Minister is entitled —

to have information in the possession of the Corporation that relates to the functions of the Corporation; and

to have information in the possession of the Commissioner that relates to the functions of the Commissioner referred to in section 14A(1)(b) to (g); and

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

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

request the Corporation or the Commissioner, as the case requires, to furnish information to the Minister; and

request the Corporation or the Commissioner, as the case requires, to give the Minister access to information; and

for the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the services of staff employed or engaged by the Corporation to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.

The Corporation or the Commissioner is to comply with a request under subsection (3) and the Corporation is to arrange for its staff and facilities to be available to the Minister for the purposes of subsection (3)(c).

Subject to subsection (6), the Minister is not entitled to have information under this section in a form that —

discloses the identity of a person involved in a particular application, complaint or proceeding; or

might enable the identity of any such person to be ascertained,

Subsection (5) does not apply to a report given to the Minister under section 14A(1)(eb).