CARERS RECOGNITION ACT 2004 - SECT 13

CARERS RECOGNITION ACT 2004 - SECT 13

13 .         Minister to have access to information

        (1)         In this section —

        document includes any tape, disk or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored mechanically, photographically, electronically or otherwise;

        information means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the Council.

        (2)         The Minister is entitled —

            (a)         to have information in the possession of the Council; and

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

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

            (a)         request the Council to furnish information to the Minister; and

            (b)         request the Council to give the Minister access to information.

        (4)         The Council has to comply with a request under subsection (3).