10Directions to State owned corporations

10 Directions to State owned corporations

10 Directions to State owned corporations

(1) A direction may be given under this Part to a State owned corporation only if—

(a) the direction is given with the approval of the Premier, and

(b) where the portfolio Minister of the State owned corporation is neither the Premier nor the Minister administering this Act—the Minister administering this Act has consulted the portfolio Minister about the direction before it is given.

(2) If the direction to provide the government sector data is given in circumstances where the board of the State owned corporation considers that it is not in the commercial interests of the State owned corporation to provide the data, a State owned corporation is entitled to be reimbursed for the activity of providing the data in accordance with the provisions of section 20N (3)–(5) of the State Owned Corporations Act 1989.

(3) In this section—

portfolio Minister, in relation to a State owned corporation, has the same meaning as in the State Owned Corporations Act 1989.