NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 61 Annual report

NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 61

61. (1) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after each 30 June,
prepare a report of its operations during the year that ended on that 30 June
and furnish the report to the Inter-Governmental Committee for transmission,
together with such comments on the report as the Committee thinks fit, to the
Commonwealth Minister and to the appropriate Minister of the Crown of each
participating State.

(2) A report by the Authority under this section in relation to a year shall
include the following:

   (a)  a description of the matters that were referred during that year to
        the Authority for investigation;

   (b)  a description, which may include statistics, of any patterns or
        trends, and the nature and scope, of any criminal activity that have
        come to the attention of the Authority during that year in the course
        of its investigations;

   (c)  any recommendations for changes in the laws of the Commonwealth, of a
        participating State or of a Territory, or for administrative action,
        that, as a result of the performance of its functions, the Authority
        considers should be made;

   (d)  the general nature and the extent of any information furnished by the
        Authority during that year to a law enforcement agency;

   (e)  the extent to which its investigations have resulted in the
        prosecution in that year of persons for offences;

   (f)  particulars of matters in respect of which the Authority has, during
        that year, made requests under sub-section 10 (1) and, subject to
        sub-section (5) of this section, of the outcome of such requests; and

   (g)  particulars of the number and results of-

        (i)    applications made to the Federal Court under sub-section 32 (2)
               for orders of review in respect of decisions of the Authority;

        (ii)   applications made to the Federal Court under the
               Administrative  Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 for orders
               of review in respect of matters arising under this Act; and

        (iii)  other court proceedings involving the Authority,
being applications and proceedings that were determined, or otherwise disposed
of, during that year.

(3) A report by the Authority under this section shall not-

   (a)  identify persons as being suspected of having committed offences; or

   (b)  identify persons as having committed offences unless those persons
        have been convicted of those offences.

(4) In any report by the Authority under this section the Authority shall take
reasonable care to ensure that the identity of a person is not revealed if to
reveal his identity might, having regard to any material appearing in the
report, prejudice the safety or reputation of a person or prejudice the fair
trial of a person who has been or may be charged with an offence.

(5) Where the Inter-Governmental Committee resolves that the inclusion in a
report by the Authority under this section of particulars of the outcome of a
request made by the Authority under sub-section 10 (1) might prejudice the
safety or reputation of a person, the operations of law enforcement agencies
or the fair trial of a person who has been or may be charged with an offence,
the Authority shall not include in such a report particulars of the outcome of
the request.

(6) The Minister shall cause a copy of-

   (a)  a report of the Authority under this section that is received by him;
        and

   (b)  any comments made on the report by the Inter-Governmental Committee,
        being comments that accompanied the report, to be laid before each
        House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the
        report is received by him.