Section 14: Access to public and other records

14. Access to public and other records (1) Where the Board has given its approval to, or directed, the collection of statistical information relating to any matter, and where the Director is of opinion that there can be obtained from records of any public sector agency or other person, information sought in respect of the matter in relation to which the collection of statistical information has been approved, or directed, or information which would aid in the completion or correction of the statistical information, any person who has the custody of any of the records shall grant access to them to the Director or an authorised officer for the obtaining from them of the information. (2) Notwithstanding any other enactment but subject to section 26 of the Bank of Mauritius Act, section 64 of the Banking Act, section 154 of the Income Tax Act and section 13A, the Director shall, for the purposes of this Act, have access to— (a) any return, certificate, statement, document or other record obtained by or for any public sector agency in respect of any matter set out in the First Schedule; (b) any system including electronic system of a public sector agency to ensure more efficient public use of the data collected for administrative purposes. [S. 14 amended by s. 28 (k) of Act 20 of 2011 w.e.f. 31 August 2011.]