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Biosecurity Act 1993

Functions, powers, and duties - Ministers

12: Responsible Minister may require information

You could also call this:

"The Minister can ask for information from councils or agencies to help with biosecurity work."

The responsible Minister can ask a regional council or management agency for information. You need to know that this information is about the work they do under the Biosecurity Act 1993 or a pest management plan. The Minister can ask for information that the council or agency already has or can easily get.

The responsible Minister can specify how they want the information given to them. The council or agency must give the Minister the information they asked for as soon as they reasonably can.

The Minister can only ask for information that they reasonably need, and the council or agency must provide it if they have it or can get it without too much trouble or expense.

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Part 2Functions, powers, and duties
Ministers

12Responsible Minister may require information

  1. The responsible Minister may ask any regional council or management agency to give the responsible Minister, in a form the responsible Minister specifies, any information relating to the exercise or performance of any of its functions, powers, or duties under this Act or under any pest management plan or a pathway management plan—

  2. in the possession of the council or agency; or
    1. capable of being obtained by the council or agency without unreasonable difficulty or expense,—
        1. that the responsible Minister reasonably requires.

      1. A regional council or management agency shall give the responsible Minister any information the responsible Minister has asked for under subsection (1) as soon as is reasonably practicable after being asked to do so.

      Notes
      • Section 12(1): amended, on , by section 12 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).