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