60HMinister may request information from council or relevant State entity

### 60H Minister may request information from council or relevant State entity > [*\[Section 60H of Part 4 Inserted by No. 43 of 2009, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-01-01/act-2009-043#GS11@EN) [*\[Section 60H Substituted by No. 21 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:28 Oct 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-10-28/act-2020-021#GS12@EN) > > > (1)  The Minister, by notice to a council or relevant State entity, may request the council or relevant State entity to provide to the Minister, within the period specified in the notice, the information, specified in the notice, that is in the possession of the council, or relevant State entity, respectively. > > > (2)  Information may only be requested under [subsection (1)](#GS60H@Gs1@EN)  – > > > > > > (a) before the Minister makes a declaration of a major project under [section 60O(1)](#GS60O@Gs1@EN) ; and > > > > > > > (b) if it is reasonably necessary to enable the Minister to determine whether or not to make a declaration of a major project. > > > (3)  A council, or the Secretary, or chief executive officer, of a relevant State entity, to which a notice is given under [subsection (1)](#GS60H@Gs1@EN) is to take all reasonable steps to provide to the Minister, within the period specified in the notice, the information specified in the notice. > > > (4)  Without limiting the generality of [subsection (1)](#GS60H@Gs1@EN) , the information that may be requested under that subsection includes information as to any further approvals, permissions, licences, or authorities, however described, that, in addition to a project-related permit, may be required to be obtained by the proponent under an Act in order for the project, or activities for the purposes of the project, to be lawfully implemented or conducted.