Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ACT 1986 - SECT 22

             (1)  Where the Inspector‑General completes an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency, the Inspector‑General shall prepare a report setting out the Inspector‑General's conclusions and recommendations as a result of the inquiry and shall give a copy of the report:

                     (a)  if a copy of the draft report was given to the head of the agency under subsection 21(1)--to the head of the agency; or

                     (b)  otherwise--to the person to whom a copy of the draft report was given under subsection 21(1B).

             (2)  The Inspector‑General shall include in such a report:

                     (a)  the Inspector‑General's reasons for the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report; and

                     (b)  if the Inspector‑General considers that a person has been adversely affected by action taken by an agency and that the person should receive compensation for that action--a recommendation that the person receive compensation.

             (3)  If the report includes information that was acquired by the Commissioner of Taxation under the provisions of a tax law (within the meaning of section 3E of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ), the Inspector‑General must prepare another version of the report that does not disclose the tax information.

Note:          Section 3EC of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 permits the Inspector‑General to disclose the information to the Director‑General of Security in the report under subsection (1).

             (4)  The Inspector‑General must give a copy of:

                     (a)  if subsection (3) applies--the version of the report mentioned in that subsection; or

                     (b)  in any other case--the report mentioned in subsection (1);

to:

                     (c)  the responsible Minister; and

                     (d)  if the inquiry was conducted as a result of a request made by the Prime Minister under section 9--the Prime Minister.