134Consultants

134 Consultants Note The Commonwealth Act, s 134 authorises the regulator to engage consultants. 135 Seconded officers Note The Commonwealth Act, s 135 provides for staff to be seconded to the Division 9.5 Reporting requirements 136 Annual report (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the regulator must prepare and give to the Minister a report on the operations of the regulator under this Act during that year. (1A) The report must include information about the following: (a) GMO licences issued during the financial year; (b) any breaches of conditions of a GMO licence that have come to the regulator’s attention during the financial year;

(c) emergency dealing determinations made by the Minister during the financial year; (d) any breaches of conditions of an emergency dealing determination that have come to the regulator’s attention during the financial year; (e) auditing and monitoring of dealings with GMOs under this Act by the regulator or an inspector during the financial year. Note Auditing and monitoring may include spot checks. (2) The Minister must present a copy of the report to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the Minister receives the report. Note The Commonwealth Act, s 136 (3) requires the regulator to give a copy of his or her report under that section to each State.