6Reports

6 Reports

(1) The Council shall furnish to the Minister such reports as the Minister requests on matters relating to its functions, and may furnish to the Minister such other reports on matters relating to its functions as it thinks fit. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister shall cause a report furnished to him under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is received by the Minister. (3) Where the laying of a report before the Parliament in accordance with subsection (2) would result in:

(a) the disclosure of information that would, in the opinion of the Minister, be contrary to the public interest by reason that it would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of the Commonwealth or relations between the Commonwealth and any State; or

(b) the disclosure of information received by the Council in confidence;

the Minister shall, in his discretion:

(c) cause the report to be laid before the Parliament with such deletions as he thinks necessary to avoid that result; or

(d) cause the report not to be laid before the Parliament until he is satisfied that laying the report before the Parliament would not have that result.