142Minister to have access to information

142 Minister to have access to information

142 Minister to have access to information

(1) The Minister is entitled—

(a) to have information in the Board’s possession, and

(b) if the information is in or on a document—to have, and make and keep copies of, the document.

(2) However, the Minister is not entitled to have personal information about a person unless the person has consented to the disclosure of the information.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may—

(a) ask the Board to give information to the Minister, and

(b) ask the Board to give the Minister access to information, and

(c) for the purposes of paragraph (b), make use of staff provided to the Board under section 139 and the Board’s facilities to obtain and give the information to the Minister.

(4) The Board must—

(a) comply with a request under subsection (3), and

(b) make staff and facilities available to the Minister as required under subsection (3)(c).

(5) In this section—

document includes any tape, disk or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored.

information means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the Board.