(1) This section applies to the Board, the Council and colleges.

(2) The Minister is entitled ¾

(a) to have information in the possession of a body to which this section applies; and

(b) where the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Minister may ¾

(a) request a body to which this section applies to furnish information to the Minister; or

(b) request a body to which this section applies to give the Minister access to information.

(4) A body to which this section applies is to comply with a request under subsection (3).

(5) In this section ¾

}document~ includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;

}information~ means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of a body to which this section applies.