I will read this:
38. (1) The Minister may order an applicant, a licence holder or a biological safety officer to provide the Minister, in accordance with any conditions that the Minister may specify, with any information that is under that person’s control, including personal information and confidential business information
--and then cross out “and that, in the Minister's opinion” and replace it with:
and that the Minister believes, on reasonable grounds,
The Privacy Commissioner did write us a letter, and changing it in this way will fulfill what the Privacy Commissioner has asked us to do. The change is consistent with the request of the Privacy Commissioner to add a reasonableness component to the section.
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 38 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 39--Disclosure by Minister)