(1) Within 8 weeks after a report about a public trading agency has been
furnished to the agency's portfolio Minister, the portfolio Minister is to
prepare a written response to the report. This requirement does not apply
where the report states that the investigation concerned was terminated
because the complainant did not comply or did not fully comply with a request
under section 24GI.
(2) The response must include a statement as to whether
or not the recommendations have been adopted or are proposed to be adopted and
must include a statement of the reasons why any recommendation will not be
adopted (whether wholly or partly).
(3) Copies of the response are to be
furnished to the complainant, the agency, the Treasurer, the Minister, and the
Tribunal.
(4) The Tribunal is to make the response publicly available.
