EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 221

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 221

221 .         Modifications about annual report

                The Ombudsman Act applies as if it were modified to provide that —

            (a)         the Education and Care Services Ombudsman is required to submit, within 4 months after the end of each financial year, an annual report for the financial year to the Ministerial Council; and

            (b)         the Education and Care Services Ombudsman is required to include in the annual report a financial statement for the period to which the report relates that —

                  (i)         has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards; and

                  (ii)         has been audited by a public sector auditor (within the meaning of section 279(6) of the Law);

                and

            (c)         the Education and Care Services Ombudsman is required to include in the annual report a report about the performance of the Ombudsman’s functions under the Ombudsman Act during the period to which the report relates; and

            (d)         the requirement to lay a copy of the report before each House of the Parliament is a requirement for each member of the Ministerial Council to cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament of the jurisdiction the member represents.