175Annual reports about purchases of biodiversity certificates

175 Annual reports about purchases of biodiversity certificates

(1) The Secretary may prepare a report, in relation to a financial year, on the following matters: (a) the total number of biodiversity certificates that the Commonwealth has purchased, or has agreed to purchase, under biodiversity conservation contracts entered into during the financial year; (b) the total amount that the Commonwealth will be liable to pay, or has paid, under biodiversity conservation contracts entered into during the financial year; (c) the total number of biodiversity certificates that were transferred to the Commonwealth during the financial year as a result of biodiversity conservation contracts (including such contracts entered into before the financial year); (d) the total amount that the Commonwealth paid during the financial year under biodiversity conservation contracts (including such contracts entered into before the financial year); (e) for each biodiversity certificate transferred to the Commonwealth during the financial year as a result of a biodiversity conservation contract (including such a contract entered into before the financial year)—sufficient information to identify the registered biodiversity project in relation to which the certificate was issued; (f) such other summary information (if any) relating to the purchase of biodiversity certificates by the Commonwealth under biodiversity conservation contracts as the Secretary considers appropriate; (g) such other statistics (if any) relating to the purchase of biodiversity certificates by the Commonwealth under biodiversity conservation contracts as the Secretary considers appropriate. (2) The Secretary must give a report prepared under subsection (1) to the Minister as soon as practicable after the report is prepared. (3) The Minister must cause a copy of a report received under subsection (2) to be: (a) tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Minister; and (b) published on the Department’s website as soon as practicable after the report is given to the Minister.