14Furnishing of draft reports to Minister and others

14 Furnishing of draft reports to Minister and others

14 Furnishing of draft reports to Minister and others

(1) The Inspector is to provide the Minister with a draft of each report to Parliament to be made by the Inspector under this Act and give the Minister a reasonable opportunity to make submissions, either orally or in writing, in relation to the draft report.

(2) The Inspector must not make a report to Parliament under this Act that sets out an opinion that is, either expressly or impliedly, critical of a government sector agency (other than an opinion critical of Corrective Services NSW or Juvenile Justice) or any person unless the Inspector has afforded the following persons the opportunity to make submissions, either orally or in writing, in relation to the matter—

(a) if the opinion relates to a government sector agency—the head of the agency,

(b) if the opinion relates to another person—the person.

(3) The Inspector is not bound to amend a report in light of any submissions made by the Minister, an agency head or other person, but must—

(a) before finalising a report, consider any such submissions before the report is furnished to the Presiding Officers, and

(b) include in the report a statement that the Minister, the agency head or other person concerned has made submissions in relation to the Inspector’s draft report.

(4) A reference to the Minister in this section is taken to be a reference to the CDC Minister if the reference relates to a juvenile justice centre.

s 14: Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.36 [2] [5] [6]; 2025 No 7, Sch 1[18] [19].