62Reports

62 Reports

(1) The Public Interest Monitor must report to the Attorney-General on the performance of the Public Interest Monitor's functions under this Act—

(a) at least once each financial year; and

(b) if requested by the Attorney-General to do so, as soon as practicable after receiving the request.

(2) A report under subsection (1) must be in writing and specify or include—

(a) the number of times the Public Interest Monitor was notified under section 54 of a registration application; and

(b) the number of times a registration application described in paragraph (a) was for the purpose of obtaining or disseminating privileged information; and

(c) the number of times the Public Interest Monitor was notified under section 56 of the emergency registration of a reportable human source; and

(d) whether, in the opinion of the Public Interest Monitor, each emergency registration described in paragraph (c) was justified in the circumstances; and

(e) the number of occasions on which recommendations given under this Division to the Chief Commissioner were accepted; and

(f) the number of occasions on which recommendations given under this Division to the Chief Commissioner were not accepted; and

(g) whether, in the opinion of the Public Interest Monitor, the reasons given by the Chief Commissioner for not accepting a recommendation described in paragraph (f) were adequate; and

(ga) the number of times the Public Interest Monitor was notified under section 54 of an application to the Supreme Court under section 30A; and

(h) any other relevant matter.

(3) Subject to section 63, the Public Interest Monitor may give the Attorney-General an additional report on any of the matters specified in subsection (2) at any time.

(4) The Public Interest Monitor must give a copy of a report under this section to—

(a) the Minister administering the Victoria Police Act 2013; and

(b) the Chief Commissioner.

(5) The Public Interest Monitor must exclude information from a report under subsection (1) or (3) or section 19 of the Public Interest Monitor Act 2011 if satisfied (whether on the advice of the Chief Commissioner under section 63 or otherwise) that the information could—

(b) compromise the operational activities or methodologies of Victoria Police, a law enforcement agency, an intelligence agency or an integrity body; or