National Council of Social Service Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment and Constitution of Council
10. Directions of Minister, etc.
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The Minister may give to the Council any direction under section 5 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.
Council
“Council” means the National Council of Social Service established under section 3;
Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may give such directions to the Council as are necessary in the circumstances if it appears to the Minister to be requisite or expedient to do so —
in the interests of relations with the government of a territory outside Singapore; or
in order to —
discharge or facilitate the discharge of an obligation binding on the Government by virtue of it being a member of an international organisation or a party to an international agreement;
attain or facilitate the attainment of any other object the attainment of which is in the Minister’s opinion requisite or expedient in view of the Government being a member of such an organisation or a party to such an agreement; or
enable the Government to become a member of such an organisation or a party to such an agreement.
To avoid doubt, the Minister is entitled —
to information in the possession of the Council; and
where the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document.
For the purposes of this section, the Minister may request the Council to —
provide information to the Minister; or
give the Minister access to information.
The Council must give effect to any direction given to it under subsection (1) or (2) and must comply with a request under subsection (4).
The Council must not disclose any direction given to it under this section if the Minister notifies the Council that, in the Minister’s opinion, disclosure of the direction is against the public interest.
In this section, “information” means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the Council.