Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister is
entitled —
(a) to
have information in the possession of the Authority; and
(b) if
the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies
of, that document.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1) the Minister may —
(a)
request the Authority to furnish information to the Minister;
(b)
request the Authority to give the Minister access to information;
(c) for
the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff of the Authority to
obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.
(3) The Authority has
to comply with a request under subsection (2) and make staff and
facilities available to the Minister for obtaining information under
subsection (2)(c).
(4) 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
Authority under this or any other Act.