PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 28

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 28

28 .         Annual report to include report on reportable conduct scheme

        (1)         The annual report of the accountable authority of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations under the Financial Management Act 2006 Part 5 must include a report about the operation of the reportable conduct scheme in the financial year to which the report relates, including the following —

            (a)         a description of the activities of the Commissioner in relation to the reportable conduct scheme;

            (b)         an evaluation of the response of relevant entities to the recommendations of the Commissioner under the reportable conduct scheme;

            (c)         a description of matters relating to the reportable conduct scheme, including trends, notifications and investigations.

        (2)         A report under subsection (1) must not include information that could lead to the identification of a child or a person investigated under the reportable conduct scheme.

        (3)         This section does not limit the power of the Commissioner under section 27(1) to also, at any time, lay before each House of Parliament a report in relation to the reportable conduct scheme.

        [Section 28 inserted: No. 25 of 2022 s. 18.]