196AAnnual report relating to Defence Force discipline law

196A  Annual report relating to Defence Force discipline law  (1) The Judge Advocate General shall, as soon as practicable after each 31 December, prepare and furnish to the Minister a report relating to:  (a) the operation of this Act, the regulations, the rules of procedure; and  (b) the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or of the Australian Capital Territory in so far as that law relates to the discipline of the Defence Force; during the year ending on that 31 December.  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished 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 receives the report.  (3) A report under subsection (1) shall set out such statistical information as the Judge Advocate General considers appropriate.  (4) The first report under subsection (1) shall relate to the period commencing on the proclaimed date and expiring on the next succeeding 31 December.