Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ACT 1986 - SECT 35

             (1)  The Inspector‑General shall, as soon as practicable after each 30 June, prepare and furnish to the Prime Minister a report of the operations of the Inspector‑General during the year that ended on that 30 June.

             (2)  The Inspector‑General shall include in a report prepared under subsection (1) the Inspector‑General's comments on any inquiry conducted by the Inspector‑General in accordance with paragraph 8(1)(d) or 8(3)(c) during the year to which the report relates.

          (2A)  The Inspector‑General must include in a report prepared under subsection (1) the Inspector‑General's comments on any inspection conducted under section 9A during the year to which the report relates.

          (2B)  The Inspector‑General must include in a report prepared under subsection (1) the Inspector‑General's comments on the extent of compliance by ASIS and DSD, during the year to which the report relates, with rules made under section 15 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .

Note:          The rules referred to in subsection (2B) regulate the communication and retention of intelligence information.

             (3)  The Prime Minister shall give a copy of a report furnished under subsection (1) to the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, but it is the duty of the Leader of the Opposition to treat as secret any part of the report that is not tabled in a House of the Parliament.

             (4)  Subject to subsection (5), the Prime Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report is received by the Prime Minister.

             (5)  For the purposes of subsection (4), the Prime Minister may make such deletions from a report furnished under subsection (1) as the Prime Minister considers necessary in order to avoid prejudice to security, the defence of Australia, Australia's relations with other countries or the privacy of individuals.