69Annual report

#### 69 Annual report (1) The Secretary must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report on the operation of the scheme in relation to the financial year. > Note: See also section 34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. (2) The report must include the following matters in relation to the financial year: (a) the number of new registrations; (b) the number of registrations that ended; (c) the number of notices given to the Secretary under Division 2 of Part 3 (reporting to the Secretary); (d) a statement as to whether the Secretary has complied with section 42 (requirement to keep a register); (e) the number of provisional transparency notices issued; (f) the number of submissions made in response to invitations prepared under subsection 14C(1) for the subjects of provisional transparency notices; (g) the number of transparency notices varied or revoked; (h) the number of notices issued under section 45 (notice requiring information to satisfy Secretary whether person is liable to register under the scheme); (i) the number of notices issued under section 46 (notice requiring information relevant to scheme); (j) the number of documents produced to the Secretary in compliance with notices issued under section 46; (k) the number of occasions on which the Secretary or a scheme official communicates scheme information to a person in reliance on the authorisation in section 52 (purposes of scheme) or 53 (other purposes) (whether or not any other authorisation is also relied on); (l) a list of Departments, agencies, authorities or Australian police forces to which scheme information has been communicated in reliance on the authorisation in section 52 or 53 (whether or not any other authorisation is also relied on); (m) the number of persons charged with offences under Part 5 (enforcement); (n) the number of proceedings before the courts in relation to the scheme; (o) any other matters prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this section. (3) Despite subsection (2), the report must not include information that the Secretary is satisfied: (a) is commercially sensitive; or (b) affects national security; or (c) is a kind of information prescribed by the rules for the purposes of subsection 43(2). > Note: A registrant who considers that information is commercially sensitive can specify this when giving the information.