Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The functions of
the Minister are —
(a) to
promote the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Public Sector, having
regard to the principles set out in section 7;
(b) to
advise other Ministers of the Crown on —
(i)
structural changes;
(ii)
programmes for management improvement; and
(iii)
policies, practices and procedures relating to any aspect
of management,
which, in the opinion
of the Minister, should be implemented in order to improve the effectiveness
and efficiency of the whole or any part of the Public Sector;
(c) to
cause to be carried out planning for the future management and operation of
the whole or any part of the Public Sector;
(d) to
arrange for reviews to be conducted, on the initiative of the Minister or at
the request of another Minister of the Crown, in respect of the functions,
management or operations of one or more public sector bodies; and
(e) to
perform such other functions as are conferred or imposed on the Minister by
this Act.
(2) The Minister has
power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in
connection with the performance of the functions of the Minister.
(3) A review may be
conducted under subsection (1)(d) in respect of —
(a) the
functions, management or operations of one public sector body;
(b) a
part only of the functions, management or operations of one public sector
body; or
(c) the
functions, management or operations of more than one public sector body in
related matters.
(4) For the purpose of
the performance of his or her functions under subsection (1)(d), the
Minister, or an employee authorised in writing by the Minister,
may —
(a)
enter the premises of any public sector body;
(b)
require the production of and examine any book, document or writing in the
custody of any employee of a public sector body; and
(c)
require any employee of a public sector body to answer questions,
and an employee
referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) shall comply with a requirement made
under that paragraph.
(5) The powers
conferred by subsection (4) are exercisable in relation to a public
sector body only after consultation with the employing authority of the public
sector body and the Minister of the Crown —
(a) who
is responsible for the public sector body; or
(b) to
whom the administration of the Act under which the public sector body is
established or continued is for the time being committed by the Governor.
(6) Despite
subsection (4), an employee of a public sector body has the same
privileges in relation to —
(a) the
production of a book, document or writing;
(b) the
furnishing of any information; or
(c) the
answering of questions,
under this section as
a witness has in the Supreme Court.
(7) Nothing in this
section takes away from —
(a) any
enactment that imposes a prohibition or restriction on —
(i)
the availability of any information; or
(ii)
the production or examination of any book, document or
writing;
or
(b) any
privilege or immunity existing by custom or convention and relating to the
production of books, documents, writings or information of previous
Governments of the State.