28GReports to other persons

28G Reports to other persons

Reports given by the Inspector‑General ADF (1) Any report about, including the findings and any recommendations in relation to, the inquiry given by the Inspector‑General ADF under subsections 27(3) to (5) must be the report (including the findings and any recommendations) given to the Inspector‑General ADF by the Assistant IGADF under section 28F. Reports given by the Assistant IGADF (2) The Assistant IGADF may, if the Assistant IGADF thinks it appropriate to do so: (a) inform one or more of the following persons of the findings in relation to the inquiry: (i) the Minister; (ii) the Chief of the Defence Force; (iii) a service chief; (iv) an employee of the Department; (v) a member of the Defence Force; (vi) a person who is affected by a submission or the inquiry (whether or not the person made a submission); (vii) any other person; or (b) give one or more of those persons a report about the inquiry, including the findings and any recommendations that the Assistant IGADF thinks it appropriate to make. (3) A report given under paragraph (2)(b) may be accompanied by a copy of: (a) the transcript or other record of any oral evidence taken during the inquiry; and (b) any document accepted as evidence during the inquiry. (4) A report given to a person under paragraph (2)(b) need not include information that the Assistant IGADF considers would be inappropriate to include for any of the following reasons: (a) considerations of privacy; (b) the person’s responsibilities; (c) the person’s interest in the matter; (d) the information is classified or relates to national security; (e) the relevance of the information to other information considered not appropriate for the person because of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).