96Annual report by Director

96 Annual report by Director

(1) The Director must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare and give to the Minister a report on the operation of this Act during that year. (1A) If: (a) a person applied for a permit after the day prescribed for the purposes of subsection 17(1); or (b) a person applied for a renewal of a permit after the day prescribed for the purposes of subsection 20(1); the Director may name the person in a report under subsection (1) of this section as a person who made a late application for a permit, or for a renewal of a permit, as the case may be. (2) The Minister must cause a copy of a report given to the Minister under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the Minister is given the report.