FISHERIES ACT 1995 - SECT 131T Annual report by Victorian Inspectorate
FISHERIES ACT 1995 - SECT 131T
Annual report by Victorian InspectorateS. 131T(1) amended by Nos 7/2010 s. 12, 82/2012 s. 103(2), 68/2016 s. 129(1).
(1) The Victorian Inspectorate must, as soon as practicable after receipt of the report of the chief executive officer of 30 June in each year, prepare a report of the work and activities of law enforcement officers under this Part for the preceding 12 months and give a copy of the report to the Minister, the Secretary and the chief executive officer.
(2) The report—
S. 131T(2)(a) amended by Nos 82/2012 s. 103(2), 68/2016 s. 129(2).
(a) must include comments on the comprehensiveness and adequacy of the reports which were provided to the Victorian Inspectorate by the chief executive officer under section 131S; and
(b) must not disclose any information that identifies any suspect or a participant in an operation or that is likely to lead to such a person or participant being identified.
S. 131T(3) amended by Nos 82/2012 s. 103(2), 68/2016 s. 129(3).
(3) The chief executive officer must advise the Victorian Inspectorate of any information in the report that, in the opinion of the chief executive officer, should be excluded from the report before the report is laid before Parliament because the information, if made public, could reasonably be expected to—
(a) endanger a person's safety; or
(b) prejudice an investigation or prosecution; or
(c) compromise any law enforcement agency's operational activities or methodologies.
S. 131T(4) amended by Nos 82/2012 s. 103(2), 68/2016 s. 129(4).
(4) The Victorian Inspectorate must exclude information from the report if satisfied on the advice of the chief executive officer of any of the grounds set out in subsection (3).
S. 131T(5) substituted by No. 82/2012 s. 103(3).
(5) The Victorian Inspectorate must transmit the report to each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after the earlier of—
S. 131T(5)(a) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 129(5)(a).
(a) the day on which the Victorian Inspectorate received the advice of the chief executive officer under subsection (3);
S. 131T(5)(b) amended by No. 68/2016 s. 129(5)(b).
(b) 14 days after the day the Victorian Inspectorate gave the report to the chief executive officer.
(6) Nothing in this section requires particulars of an authorised operation to be included in a report for a year if the operation had not been completed as at 30 June in that year, but the particulars must instead be included in the report for the year in which the operation is completed.
S. 131T(7) substituted by No. 82/2012 s. 103(4).
(7) A report under this section may be combined with a report of the Victorian Inspectorate under section 39 of the Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004 .
S. 131U inserted by No. 16/2004 s. 49, amended by No. 68/2016 s. 130.