sec.35Responsible Ministers may give directions to candidate GOC about charter preparation

### sec.35 Responsible Ministers may give directions to candidate GOC about charter preparation The responsible Ministers of the candidate GOC may give the candidate GOC written directions in relation to the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that appear to them to be necessary or desirable to enable the draft corporatisation charter to be prepared. Without limiting subsection (1) , if a charter preparation committee has been appointed to prepare the draft corporatisation charter for the candidate GOC, the responsible Ministers may direct the candidate GOC— to give to the committee information about the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter; or to permit the committee to have access to records and other documents about the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter; or to take steps that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter. The candidate GOC must ensure that a direction given to it under this section is complied with in relation to itself and must, as far as practicable, ensure that it is also complied with in relation to its subsidiaries. In this section— subsidiary includes proposed subsidiary. (sec.35-ssec.1) The responsible Ministers of the candidate GOC may give the candidate GOC written directions in relation to the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that appear to them to be necessary or desirable to enable the draft corporatisation charter to be prepared. (sec.35-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , if a charter preparation committee has been appointed to prepare the draft corporatisation charter for the candidate GOC, the responsible Ministers may direct the candidate GOC— to give to the committee information about the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter; or to permit the committee to have access to records and other documents about the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter; or to take steps that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter. (sec.35-ssec.3) The candidate GOC must ensure that a direction given to it under this section is complied with in relation to itself and must, as far as practicable, ensure that it is also complied with in relation to its subsidiaries. (sec.35-ssec.4) In this section— subsidiary includes proposed subsidiary. - (a) to give to the committee information about the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter; or - (b) to permit the committee to have access to records and other documents about the candidate GOC and its subsidiaries that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter; or - (c) to take steps that the committee considers necessary or desirable for the preparation of the draft charter.