Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998
72Action on investigation reports
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72 Action on investigation reports (1) If a report under section 65 recommends that a relevant Board exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions, the Board must, within 60 days of receiving the report: (a) notify the Commissioner, in writing, whether it intends to exercise the power or perform the function; and (b) if it does not intend to do so, the reason for not doing so. (2) The relevant Board must, within 30 days after exercising its powers or performing its functions in accordance with a recommendation in a report under section 65, notify the Commissioner, in writing, of: (a) the results of the exercise of the power or performance of the function; and (b) any finding made; and (c) any action taken or proposed to be taken. (3) The Commissioner may report to the Minister any failure or delay of a relevant Board to exercise a power or perform a function in accordance with a recommendation in a report under section 65. (4) If a report is made under subsection (3), the Commissioner may, in addition, prepare and deliver to the Minister a report to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. (5) The Minister must table the report in the Legislative Assembly within 6 sittings days after receiving it.