Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

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General power of Minister to obtain information relating to maritime area

38. (1) The Minister may, for the purposes of promoting good governance in the sharing of information, whether under this Act or any other enactment, relating to the maritime area, give a direction in writing to a public body to give to the Minister, within the period specified in the direction (being a period reasonable in all the circumstances of the case), the information, relating to the maritime area, specified in the direction.

(2) A direction under subsection (1) may specify that the information concerned be given to the Minister on a periodic basis.

(3) A public body the subject of a direction under subsection (1) shall comply with the direction.

(4) The Minister may enter in the Database such particulars of information given to him or her pursuant to a direction under subsection (1) that the Minister is satisfied should be readily available for access by users or proposed users of the maritime area and interested members of the public.