44Compliance with Act—annual reporting

44 Compliance with Act—annual reporting (1) The responsible chief executive officer for a Territory entity must ensure that the Territory entity complies with this Act. (2) A Territory entity must, for each reporting year, prepare a report (a compliance report) about the Territory entity’s compliance with this Act during the year, including— (a) a statement about whether the Territory entity has complied with this Act during the year; and (b) if the Territory entity has not complied with this Act during the year—details about how and why the entity has not complied with this Act. (3) The Territory entity must— (a) if the Territory entity is required to prepare an annual report under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004— include the compliance report in the entity’s annual report for the reporting year; or (b) in any other case—make the report publicly available. Example—publicly available published on the entity’s website annual report—see the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004, dictionary.

reporting year— (a) if a Territory entity is required to prepare an annual report under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004—see that Act, dictionary; or (b) in any other case—means a financial year.