Singapore legislation

Section 8

of Government Technology Agency Act 2016

Section 8

Directions of Minister, etc.

Amended by5/2018

(1)

The Minister may give to the Agency any direction under section 5 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.

Amended by5/2018

(2)

To avoid doubt, the Minister is entitled —

(a)

to have information in the possession of the Agency; 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 this section, the Minister may request the Agency —

(a)

to provide information to the Minister; or

(b)

to give the Minister access to information.

(4)

The Agency must comply with a request under subsection (3).

(5)

In this section, “information” means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the Agency’s functions, and includes a document.