125Reports to Parliament

#### 125 Reports to Parliament 125 Reports to Parliament > > (1) Each agency (other than a Minister) must, within 4 months after the end of each reporting year, prepare an annual report on the agency’s obligations under this Act for submission to the Minister responsible for the agency. A copy of the report is to be provided to the Information Commissioner after the report has been tabled in each House of Parliament. > > > (2) Each Minister must, on or before 31 August each year, furnish the Minister administering this Act with such information concerning the Minister’s obligations as an agency under this Act as the Minister administering this Act may require. > > > (3) The Minister administering this Act must, on or before 31 December each year, prepare an annual report on the obligations of each Minister as an agency under this Act. A copy of the report is to be provided to the Information Commissioner after the report has been tabled in each House of Parliament. > > > (4) An annual report under this section must be tabled in each House of Parliament by the relevant Minister as soon as practicable after it is prepared unless it is included in annual reporting information prepared for the purposes of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055). > > > (5) The annual report referred to in subsection (3) may be included in the annual reporting information prepared for the Department of Justice under the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055). > > > (6) The regulations may make provision for— > > > > > (a) the information to be included in annual reports, and > > > > > (b) the form in which annual reports are to be prepared. > > > (7) In this section, a reference to the reporting year of an agency is a reference to— > > > > > (a) the annual reporting period for the agency for the purposes of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055), or > > > > > (b) if the agency does not have a financial year for the purposes of either of those Acts, the year ending 30 June. > > **s 125:** Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 \[29\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 4.40\[1\] \[2\]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 \[35\].