49Annual report

49 Annual report

(1)  In this section –

annual report means a report by the Chair of the Board under section 61 of the ACC Act.

(2)  An annual report in relation to a year must include the following:

(a) a description of any ACC State investigation that the ACC conducted during the year and that the Board determined to be a special investigation;

(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 under this Act;

(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 under this Act, the Board considers should be made;

(d) the general nature and the extent of any information furnished by the CEO during that year under this Act to a law enforcement agency;

(e) the extent to which ACC State investigations have resulted in the prosecution in that year of persons for offences;

(f) the extent to which ACC State investigations have resulted in confiscation proceedings;

(g) particulars of the number and results of court proceedings involving the ACC in relation to its functions under this Act, being proceedings that were determined, or otherwise disposed of, during that year.

(3)  An annual report must 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 annual report the Chair of the Board must 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 the fair trial of a person who has been or may be charged with an offence.