Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1995 - SECT 16

             (1)  The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, cause a report or reports to be prepared about the operation of this Act in respect of the year.

Note:          The first report under this subsection will relate to the year beginning on 1 July 1995; see the definition of year in subsection 4(2).

             (2)  The Minister must ensure that relevant State Ministers and a body or bodies representative of local government are consulted in connection with the preparation of a report under subsection (1).

             (3)  The report or one of the reports must include an assessment by the Minister (based on comparable national data), in relation to the year, of:

                     (a)  the extent (if any) to which the allocation of funds for local government purposes has been made on a full horizontal equalisation basis as mentioned in paragraph 6(2)(a); and

                     (b)  the methods used by the Local Government Grants Commissions in making their recommendations; and

                     (c)  the performance by local governing bodies of their functions including:

                              (i)  their efficiency; and

                             (ii)  services provided by them to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

             (4)  The Minister must cause a copy of each report to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report has been prepared.