19Reports to be made public

19 Reports to be made public

19 Reports to be made public

(1) As soon as practicable after the Minister receives a report from the Tribunal under this Part, the Minister is to arrange for copies of the report to be made available for public inspection.

(2) However, if the Tribunal in the special circumstances of the case recommends in its report that the public release of the report, or part of the report, be delayed for a specified period, subsection (1) applies to the report, or that part of the report, as if the report were received by the Minister at the end of that period.

(3) The arrangements under subsection (1) for making of copies of a report available for public inspection are to include—

(a) the tabling of a copy of the report in each House of Parliament within 5 sitting days of the House, and

(b) the forwarding of a copy of the report, within 5 days of its receipt by the Minister, to the Parliamentary Librarian to form part of the Parliamentary Library’s collection, and

(c) the making of a copy of the report available for public inspection at the office of the Tribunal during its ordinary hours of business.

(4) (Repealed)

s 19: Am 2000 No 60, Sch 3.1 [17]; 2019 No 14, Sch 1.12[2].