Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013

Ministerial expenditure ceilings: provision of information to Minister.

2.— The Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 is amended by inserting the following section after section 17:

“17A.— (1) A public service body may, and shall if requested by the Minister, provide to the Minister such information as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of any function of the Minister under subsection (6) or (7) of section 17.

(2) Information provided to the Minister under subsection (1) shall not include any personal data (within the meaning of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003).

(3) Where the Minister requests information under subsection (1) the information shall be provided in such form and manner and within such period as the Minister may specify.”.