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Crown Entities Act 2004

Operation of Crown entities - Miscellaneous provisions

133: Power to request information

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"Government Ministers can ask for information about how your team is doing its job."

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You are part of a Crown entity, which is like a team that works for the government. The team's leaders must give information to the Minister when they ask for it. This information is about how the team is doing its job. You have to give information to the Minister of Finance too, if they ask for it in connection with Part 4. The Minister of State Services can also ask for information, but only to see how well the State services are working. They can only ask a group of teams that have something in common, like the type of work they do. The information you give to the Minister of State Services cannot be used to check on your team's performance. This rule is connected to section 134, which has more details.

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Part 3Operation of Crown entities
Miscellaneous provisions

133Power to request information

  1. The board of a Crown entity must supply to its responsible Minister any information relating to the operations and performance of the Crown entity that the Minister requests.

  2. The board of a Crown entity must supply to the Minister of Finance any information requested by the Minister in connection with the exercise of his or her powers under Part 4.

  3. The board of a Crown entity must supply to the Minister of State Services any information requested by the Minister in accordance with subsection (2B).

  4. The Minister of State Services—

  5. may request a Crown entity to supply information only for the purpose of assessing the capability and performance of the State services; and
    1. must make the request to a group of Crown entities that—
      1. is made up of at least 3 Crown entities; and
        1. has in common at least 1 significant characteristic that relates to the information requested (for example, the characteristic could relate to the Crown entities' asset holdings or presence in a region).

        2. Information supplied under subsection (2A) must not be used for the purpose of assessing the operations and performance of the Crown entity or the Crown entity group.

        3. This section is subject to section 134.

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        Notes
        • Section 133(2A): inserted, on , by section 33 of the Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 51).
        • Section 133(2B): inserted, on , by section 33 of the Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 51).
        • Section 133(2C): inserted, on , by section 33 of the Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 51).