Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person who makes a public interest disclosure, or a proper authority that refers a disclosure to another proper authority, may request the proper authority to which the disclosure was made or referred to provide a progress report.
(2) If a request is made under subsection (1), the proper authority to which it is made shall provide a progress report to the person or authority who requested it—
(a) as soon as practicable after receipt of the request; and
(b) if the proper authority takes further action with respect to the disclosure after providing a progress report under paragraph (a)—
(i) while the authority is taking action—at least once in every 90 day period commencing on the date of provision of the report under paragraph (a); and
(ii) on completion of the action.
(3) A progress report provided under subsection (2) shall contain the following particulars with respect to the proper authority that provides the report:
(a) if the authority has declined to act on the public interest disclosure under section 17—that it has declined to act and the ground on which it so declined;
(b) if the authority has referred the public interest disclosure to another proper authority—that it has referred the disclosure to another authority and the name of the authority to which the disclosure has been referred;
(c) if the authority has accepted the public interest disclosure for investigation—the current status of the investigation;
(d) if the authority has accepted the public interest disclosure for investigation and the investigation is complete—its findings and any action it has taken or proposes to take as a result of its findings.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents the proper authority from providing a progress report in accordance with subsection (3) to a person who may make a request under subsection (1).