NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 51 Annual report by Director

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 51

  (1)   The Director shall, as soon as practicable after 30   June in each year, prepare and furnish to the Minister a report in relation to the operations of the Director during that year.

  (2)   A report shall include the following information in respect of the period to which the report relates:

  (a)   for all nuclear material and associated items of Australian origin transferred from Australia to any foreign jurisdiction or between foreign jurisdictions:

  (i)   the total quantities in each stage of the nuclear fuel cycle; and

  (ii)   the intended end - use;

    of the nuclear material and the items transferred to each jurisdiction;

  (b)   the quantities, categories and intended end - use of all nuclear material and associated items within Australia ; and

  (c)   any unreconciled differences in quantities of:

  (i)   nuclear material of Australian origin, wherever situated; or

  (ii)   nuclear material within Australia , regardless of origin;

    and an explanation of those differences.

  (3)   In subsection   ( 2), foreign jurisdiction means a foreign country or the European Atomic Energy Community.

  (4)   The Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished to the Minister under subsection   ( 1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the Minister receives the report.