54State register

54 State register

54 State register

(1) The Secretary is to maintain a register (the State register) that contains—

(a) information provided by a district registrar to the Secretary under this Part, and

(b) information that the Secretary considers necessary having regard to the purposes for which the registers under this Part are maintained.

(2) The Secretary must, if requested to do so—

(a) allow an authorised person to have access at any time to the information contained in the register free of charge, and

(b) provide that information to the authorised person in the manner and time requested by the person.

(3) The Secretary may allow any other person to have access at any reasonable time to the information contained in the register if satisfied that the information is to be used for a purpose for which the registers under this Part are maintained.

(4) The Secretary must also provide information of a particular kind to the NLIS administrator on an ongoing basis if requested by the NLIS administrator to do so. Any information of that kind is to be provided within 7 days after it is entered in the State register and is to be provided in the manner requested by the NLIS administrator.

(5) Contributions for the purposes of maintaining the State register are payable by Local Land Services in such amounts, and at such times, as may be agreed between the Secretary and Local Land Services or, in the absence of such agreement, as may be determined by the Minister.

(6) The contributions are to be paid to the Secretary out of the money paid to Local Land Services as rates under the Local Land Services Act 2013 and out of money collected under this Part.

(7) In this clause—

authorised person means any of the following—

(a) the NLIS administrator,

(b) a district registrar,

(c) an authorised officer,

(d) a food inspector,

(e) an animal welfare inspector.