210Reporting to Parliament

210 Reporting to Parliament

(1A) This section applies in relation to information and advice given by the Pricing Authority as a result of the performance of the functions of the Pricing Authority mentioned in subsection 131(1). (1) The Pricing Authority must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report on the information and advice given by the Pricing Authority in that year. (2) The report must include the following: (a) details of reports published under paragraph 131(1)(g); (b) advice given in that year to the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in relation to funding models for hospitals; (c) recommendations and advice given in that year to the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in relation to cost‑shifting and cross‑border disputes.

Note: See also section 34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which contains extra rules about annual reports.