Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A councillor, on request, is entitled to be provided with a copy of any document in the possession of the council that relates directly to an item on the agenda of a meeting of the council or a council committee.
(2) A request –
(a) is to be in writing; and
(b) is to specify the document by name or title or subject matter.
(3) The general manager is to make any document that is provided to a councillor under this section available to any other councillor on request.
(4) If the general manager considers that a document is confidential, the general manager may require the councillor to whom the document is to be provided to give an undertaking to keep it confidential.
(5) The general manager may refuse to provide the councillor with a document if the councillor –
(a) has declared an interest under section 48 in relation to a matter covered by the document; or
(b) refuses or fails to give the undertaking under subsection (4).