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Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984
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##### 52 Reports to Prime Minister
(1) Where action that is, in the opinion of the Agency, adequate and appropriate in the circumstances is not taken with respect to the matters and recommendations included in a report to a Department or Commonwealth authority under section 51 within a reasonable time after the Agency made the report to the Department or Commonwealth authority, the Agency may, in writing, inform the Prime Minister accordingly.
(2) Where the Agency furnishes information to the Prime Minister in accordance with subsection (1) in relation to a report, the Agency shall furnish to the Prime Minister with the information:
(a) a copy of the report; and
(b) if the Department or Commonwealth authority to which the report was made has furnished comments concerning the report to the Agency—a copy of those comments.
(3) In considering whether to furnish information in relation to a report to the Prime Minister in accordance with subsection (1), the Agency shall have regard to any comments furnished to it by the Department or Commonwealth authority to which the report was made.