61Annual report by the Chair of the Board

#### 61 Annual report by the Chair of the Board (1) The Chair of the Board shall, as soon as practicable after each 30 June, prepare a report of the ACC’s operations during the year that ended on that 30 June and furnish the report to the Inter‑Governmental Committee for transmission, together with such comments on the report as the Committee thinks fit, to the Commonwealth Minister and to the appropriate Minister of the Crown of each participating State. (2) A report by the Chair of the Board under this section in relation to a year shall include the following: (a) a description of any special ACC investigations undertaken during the year; (b) a description, which may include statistics, of any patterns or trends, and the nature and scope, of any criminal activity that have come to the attention of the ACC during that year in the performance of its functions; (c) any recommendations for changes in the laws of the Commonwealth, of a participating State or of a Territory, or for administrative action, that, as a result of the performance of the ACC’s functions, the Board considers should be made; (d) the general nature and the extent of any information furnished by the CEO during that year to a law enforcement agency; (da) the general nature and the extent of any information disclosed by the CEO during that year to a body corporate under section 59AB; (e) the extent to which investigations by the ACC have resulted in the prosecution in that year of persons for offences; (ea) the extent to which investigations by the ACC have resulted in confiscation proceedings; (g) particulars of the number and results of: (ii) applications made to the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 for orders of review in respect of matters arising under this Act; and (iii) other court proceedings involving the ACC; being applications and proceedings that were determined, or otherwise disposed of, during that year. (3) A report by the Chair of the Board 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 Chair of the Board under this section the Chair of the Board shall take reasonable care to ensure that the identity of a person is not revealed if to reveal his or her identity might, having regard to any material appearing in the report, prejudice the safety or reputation of a person, or prejudice a person’s fair trial if the person has been charged with an offence or such a charge is imminent. (6) The Minister shall cause a copy of: (a) a report by the Chair of the Board under this section that is received by him or her from the Inter‑Governmental Committee; and (b) any comments made on the report by the Inter‑Governmental Committee, being comments that accompanied the report; to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is received by him or her.