Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister is
entitled —
(a) to
have information in the possession of a port authority and any subsidiary; 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 CEO or the board of the port authority to furnish information to
the Minister;
(b)
request the CEO or the board of the port authority to give the Minister access
to information;
(c) for
the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff of the port authority
and any subsidiary to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.
(3) The CEO or the
board of a port authority is to —
(a)
comply with a request under subsection (2); and
(b) make
staff and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of
subsection (2)(c).
(4) Where the CEO or
the board of a port authority furnishes or gives access to information to the
Minister, the Minister is to be advised whether or not in the opinion of the
CEO or the board the public disclosure of the information would adversely
affect the commercial interests of the port authority or any subsidiary or of
any other person.
(5) 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
port authority.