12Reports of Council

12 Reports of Council

[Section 12 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 12 Substituted by No. 32 of 2010, s. 11, Applied:04 Nov 2010]

(1)  On or before 31 October in each year, the Council must give the Minister a report on the operations of the Council for the financial year ending on the preceding 30 June.

(2)  The report referred to in subsection (1) may be appended to the annual report of the Department.

(3)  If the report referred to in subsection (1) is not appended to the annual report of the Department, the Minister must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament within 10 sitting-days of receiving the report.

(4)  In addition to the report referred to in subsection (1) , the Council may prepare each year a report which contains information and recommendations arising from the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers of the Council and any committee, including the perinatal data collection maintained by the Council.

(5)  The report referred to in subsection (4) is to be for a 12-month period specified in the report.

(6)  If the Council prepares a report under subsection (4) , it must give a copy to the Minister and the Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament within 10 sitting-days of receiving the report.

(7)  The reports referred to in subsection (1) or (4) must not contain any information which enables the identification of any person in respect of whom information is kept in a register.