Western Australian Consolidated Acts

REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AGENTS ACT 1978 - SECT 12B

12B .         Minister entitled to information held by Board

        (1)         The Minister is entitled — 

            (a)         to have information in the possession of the Board; 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 Board to furnish information to the Minister;

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

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

        (3)         The Board shall comply with a request under subsection (2) and make its staff and facilities 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 Board.

        [Section 12B inserted by No. 43 of 1994 s. 4.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 59 of 1995 s. 8.]