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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board

155: Power of Minister to require information relating to affairs of Board

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"The Minister can ask the Board for information and they must give it, unless it's private."

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The Minister can ask the Board for information about its affairs. You need to know the Board must give the Minister the information they ask for. The Board can refuse to give the information if it would affect someone's privacy or if the information is about a matter that needs to be kept private. The Board can also refuse if the information is about a decision that needs to be made fairly and without bias. If the Minister asked for the information under the Official Information Act 1982, the Board can refuse if there is a good reason to keep the information private. This reason must be more important than the Minister's need for the information to do their job. The Board must consider whether the need to keep someone's privacy is more important than the Minister's need for the information. The Minister's need for the information must be very important for the Board to give it to them if it affects someone's privacy. The Board can also refuse to give the information if it is about a matter that requires a fair decision.

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Part 4Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board

155Power of Minister to require information relating to affairs of Board

  1. The Board must supply to the Minister any information relating to the affairs of the Board that the Minister requests.

  2. However, a request may be refused if—

  3. withholding the information is necessary to protect the privacy of any person (including a deceased person); and
    1. there would, under the Official Information Act 1982, be good reason for withholding the information if—
      1. the request had been made under section 12 of that Act and section 9(2)(a) of that Act applied; and
        1. the need to protect the privacy of any person were not outweighed by the Minister’s need to have the information in order to discharge the Minister's ministerial duties; and
        2. the information relates to a particular matter in respect of which the Board or any person appointed or employed by the Board is required to act judicially.