11Reports to the Minister

11 Reports to the Minister

11 Reports to the Minister

(1) A Committee must, on or before 1 September in each year, furnish a report to the Minister of the Committee’s activities during the year ending on the preceding 30 June.

(2) The Minister may ask the Committee to report at more frequent intervals.

(3) A report furnished to the Minister must include the following information—

(a) the information required under clause 10(1),

(b) a statement indicating whether or not—

(i) the requirements of clause 10 have been satisfied by making the information required under clause 10(1) publicly available in the form of a written report, and

(ii) the relevant experience of the members of the Committee is appropriate to the services assessed and evaluated by the Committee, and

(iii) the exercise of the functions of the Committee has been and will continue to be facilitated by the provision of immunities and protections afforded by Division 6B of Part 2 of the Act, and

(iv) it has been, and will continue to be, in the public interest to restrict the disclosure of information compiled by the Committee in the course of the exercise of the Committee’s functions.