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Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
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### sec.209A Report about systemic matter
The public advocate may—
prepare a report about a matter arising from the performance of the public advocate’s functions under this Act; and
give a copy of the report to the Minister.
The report must not contain confidential information that is likely to result in the identification, by a member of the public, of an adult with impaired capacity to whom the information relates.
If the public advocate proposes to include information adverse to a person in the report—
the public advocate must not include the information in the report unless, before the report is prepared, the public advocate gives the person an opportunity to make submissions about the information; and
if the person makes submissions and the public advocate still proposes to include the information in the report, the public advocate must ensure the person’s submissions are fairly stated in the report.
The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative Assembly within 5 sitting days after receiving the report.
s 209A ins 2012 No. 37 s 6
(sec.209A-ssec.1) The public advocate may— prepare a report about a matter arising from the performance of the public advocate’s functions under this Act; and give a copy of the report to the Minister.
(sec.209A-ssec.2) The report must not contain confidential information that is likely to result in the identification, by a member of the public, of an adult with impaired capacity to whom the information relates.
(sec.209A-ssec.3) If the public advocate proposes to include information adverse to a person in the report— the public advocate must not include the information in the report unless, before the report is prepared, the public advocate gives the person an opportunity to make submissions about the information; and if the person makes submissions and the public advocate still proposes to include the information in the report, the public advocate must ensure the person’s submissions are fairly stated in the report.
(sec.209A-ssec.4) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative Assembly within 5 sitting days after receiving the report.
- (a) prepare a report about a matter arising from the performance of the public advocate’s functions under this Act; and
- (b) give a copy of the report to the Minister.
- (a) the public advocate must not include the information in the report unless, before the report is prepared, the public advocate gives the person an opportunity to make submissions about the information; and
- (b) if the person makes submissions and the public advocate still proposes to include the information in the report, the public advocate must ensure the person’s submissions are fairly stated in the report.