48Requests for information

48 Requests for information (1) A recognised authority may, in writing, request a council or local government subsidiary to provide the recognised authority with information in relation to any of the following in a manner and by the date specified in the request: (a) the administration of the Act; (b) the council's or local government subsidiary's powers and functions under the Act or another Act. (2) The council or local government subsidiary must respond to a request for information by the date specified in the request made under subregulation (1). (3) In this regulation: recognised authority means: (a) the Minister; or (b) an Agency or other authority of the Territory or the Commonwealth.