(1) A public service body or an agent of that body, where the information concerned is held by that agent, shall at the request of a Minister of the Government provide information referred to in subsection (2) to -

(a) the Minister, for the purposes of -

(i) the performance of a function of the Minister under the Act of 2012,

(ii) the performance of a function conferred on or transferred to the Minister under section 8(3), 9(1)(a), 10 or 17 of the Act of 2011,

(iii) the performance of a function of the Minister under an enactment relating to a pre-existing public service pension scheme, or

(iv) the administration of a pre-existing public service pension scheme, or

(b) the Minister of the Government making the request (where that Minister of the Government is not the Minister) or another public service body, for the purposes of -