(1) The Minister is entitled ¾

(a) to have information in the possession of a port authority and any subsidiary; and

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

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

(a) request the CEO or the board of the port authority to furnish information to the Minister;

(b) request the CEO or the board of the port authority to give the Minister access to information;

(c) for the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the staff of the port authority and any subsidiary to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.

(3) The CEO or the board of a port authority is to ¾

(a) comply with a request under subsection (2); and

(b) make staff and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of subsection (2)(c).

(4) Where the CEO or the board of a port authority furnishes or gives access to information to the Minister, the Minister is to be advised whether or not in the opinion of the CEO or the board the public disclosure of the information would adversely affect the commercial interests of the port authority or any subsidiary or of any other person.

(5) In this section ¾

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

}information~ means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the port authority.