Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.124Minister may require information or documents
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sec.124 Minister may require information or documents
The Minister may, by notice, ask the board to do the following within a stated reasonable period and in a stated reasonable way— give the Minister relevant information in the board’s knowledge about a stated matter; give the Minister, or make available for inspection by the Minister, a relevant document or copy of a relevant document about a stated matter in the board’s possession or control. The board must comply with the request. If a document is given to the Minister, the Minister may keep the document to copy it and must return the document to the board as soon as practicable after copying it. The Minister may disclose the information, or give the document or copy of the document, to an entity the Minister considers appropriate to help the Minister assess a matter relevant to the way the board is carrying out its functions. In this section— relevant , in relation to information or a document, means relating to the board’s powers or functions under this Act. (sec.124-ssec.1) The Minister may, by notice, ask the board to do the following within a stated reasonable period and in a stated reasonable way— give the Minister relevant information in the board’s knowledge about a stated matter; give the Minister, or make available for inspection by the Minister, a relevant document or copy of a relevant document about a stated matter in the board’s possession or control. (sec.124-ssec.2) The board must comply with the request. (sec.124-ssec.3) If a document is given to the Minister, the Minister may keep the document to copy it and must return the document to the board as soon as practicable after copying it. (sec.124-ssec.4) The Minister may disclose the information, or give the document or copy of the document, to an entity the Minister considers appropriate to help the Minister assess a matter relevant to the way the board is carrying out its functions. (sec.124-ssec.5) In this section— relevant , in relation to information or a document, means relating to the board’s powers or functions under this Act.
- (a) give the Minister relevant information in the board’s knowledge about a stated matter;
- (b) give the Minister, or make available for inspection by the Minister, a relevant document or copy of a relevant document about a stated matter in the board’s possession or control.