MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 19C

MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 19C

19C .         Minister to have access to information

        (1)         The Minister is entitled —

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

            (b)         where 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 Commissioner to furnish information to the Minister;

            (b)         request the Commissioner to give the Minister access to information;

            (c)         for the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff of the Commissioner to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.

        (3)         The Commissioner shall comply with a request under subsection (2) and make his facilities and members of staff available to the Minister for the purposes of paragraph (c) of that subsection.

        (4)         In this section —

        document includes any tape, disc 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 Commissioner.

        [Section 19C inserted: No. 10 of 1996 s. 18.]