New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION ACT 1996 - SECT 99

99 Annual reports

(1) The Commission is required to prepare, within the period of 4 months after each 30 June, a report of its operations during the year ended on that 30 June and furnish the report to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament.

(2) A report by the Commission under this section must include the following:

(a) a description of the types of matters that were referred to the Commission,

(b) a description of the types of matters investigated by the Commission,

(c) an evaluation of the response of the Commissioner of Police, relevant members of the NSW Police Force Senior Executive Service and other relevant authorities to the findings and recommendations of the Commission,

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

(e) the general nature and extent of any information furnished under this Act by the Commission during the year to a law enforcement agency,

(f) the extent to which its investigations have resulted in prosecutions, disciplinary action or the making of an order under section 173 or 181D of the Police Act 1990 in that year,

(g) the number of search warrants issued by authorised officers and the Commissioner respectively under this Act in that year,

(h) a description of its activities during that year in relation to its educating and advising functions.

(2A) Any such information that relates to investigations or other matters involving Crime Commission officers must be kept separate from other matters in the report.

(3) Modification of Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 (cf Omb Act s 30 (2))
The Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 is, in its application to the annual report of the Commission, modified as follows:

(a) letters of submission under that Act are to be made to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament and not to the appropriate Minister,

(b) the annual report is to be submitted to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament and not to the appropriate Minister,

(c) provisions of that Act relating to the presentation of annual reports to the appropriate Minister and to the public availability of annual reports do not apply to the Commission or the Commissioner.