(1) In this
section —
“information” means information
specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the
functions of the Board.
(2) The Minister is
entitled —
(a) to
have information in the possession of the Board; and
(b) if
the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies
of, that document.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2) the Minister may —
(a)
request the Board to furnish information to the Minister;
(b)
request the Board to give the Minister access to information;
(c) for
the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff of the Board to
obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.
(4) The Board is to
comply with a request under subsection (3) and make its staff and
facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of
subsection (3)(c).
(5) The Minister is
not entitled to have information under this section in a form
that —
(a)
discloses the identity of a person involved in a particular application,
complaint, investigation or other proceeding; or
(b)
might enable the identity of any such person to be ascertained,
unless that person has
consented to the disclosure.