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Report with respect to a board.
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2.—(1) The Minister may cause to be prepared, by such person or persons as he or she appoints for the purpose, a report in relation to the management and organisation of a board and the performance by it of its functions generally or, as the Minister may consider appropriate, of any specified function or functions of it.
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(2) A board in respect of which a report is being prepared under this section and each of its officers (including its Chief Officer) and each of the persons otherwise in its employment shall afford to the person or persons preparing the report every facility that person or those persons may reasonably require for the purpose of preparing the report.
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(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) of this section, the board concerned and each of the officers and persons as aforesaid shall permit the said person or persons to inspect any records or documents in its or his or her possession or control and, if the said person or persons so requests or request, to take copies of or extracts from any such records or documents.
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(4) The Minister may pay such fees and expenses as may be determined by him or her to a person or persons in respect of the preparation by the person or persons of a report under this section.
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(5) The Minister may require a board in respect of which a report has been prepared under this section to pay to him or her such sum as he or she specifies to be the sum that will defray any fees or expenses paid by him or her to the person or persons concerned under subsection (4) of this section in respect of the preparation of the report and the board shall comply with such a requirement.
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(6) Any sum payable by a board to the Minister under subsection (5) of this section shall be paid out of the revenues of the board and shall be deemed to form part of the expenses of the board in performing its functions.
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