New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 31

31 Annual report

(1) The Commission shall, within the period of 4 months 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 Management Committee for transmission, together with such comments on the report as the Committee thinks fit, to the Minister.

(2) A report by the Commission 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 Commission for investigation,

(b) a description, which may include statistics, of any patterns or trends, and the nature and scope, of drug trafficking and organised and other crime that have come to the attention of the Commission during that year in the course of its investigations,

(c) any recommendations for changes in the laws of the State, or for administrative action, that, as a result of the exercise of its functions, the Commission considers should be made,

(d) the general nature and the extent of any information furnished by the Commission 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,

(e1) particulars of warrants issued by the Commissioner under section 18AA, including whether a warrant was issued for a failure to appear as a witness at a hearing before the Commission or because the Commissioner was satisfied that a person intended not to appear at such a hearing,

(f) particulars of the number and results of:

(i) applications made to the Supreme Court under section 19 (2) for orders of review in respect of decisions of the Commission, and

(ii) other court proceedings involving the Commission,

being applications and proceedings that were determined, or otherwise disposed of, during that year.

(3) A report by the Commission 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 Commission under this section the Commission shall take reasonable care to ensure that the identity of a person is not revealed if to reveal it 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.

(4A) A report by the Commission under this section that contains particulars of a warrant issued by the Commissioner under section 18AA must not reveal the identity of the person against whom the warrant was issued.

(5) For the purpose of enabling the final report of the Commission to be prepared and dealt with in accordance with this section, the Minister may give directions as to the manner and time of preparation, but not the contents, of that report.

(6) The Minister shall cause a copy of:

(a) a report of the Commission under this section that is received by the Minister, and

(b) any comments made on the report by the Management Committee, being comments that accompanied the report,

to be laid before each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is received by the Minister.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), sitting days shall be counted whether or not they occur in the same session.