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Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003
37DReports to Parliament on inspections by Integrity Oversight Victoria
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37D Reports to Parliament on inspections by Integrity Oversight Victoria
S. 37D(1) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 39.15(a)).
(1) Integrity Oversight Victoria must make a report to Parliament at intervals of 6 months on the results of each inspection conducted during that period under section 37B.
S. 37D(2) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 39.15(b)).
(2) Before Integrity Oversight Victoria makes a report to Parliament under subsection (1), Integrity Oversight Victoria must—
(a) give the Chief Commissioner a copy of any report under subsection (1); and
(b) give the Chief Commissioner a reasonable opportunity to provide an opinion on the report in accordance with subsection (3).
S. 37D(3) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 39.15(b)).
(3) The Chief Commissioner must advise Integrity Oversight Victoria of any information included in a copy of a report received under subsection (2) that, in the Chief Commissioner's opinion, should be excluded from the report before the report is laid before Parliament because the information could reasonably be expected to—
(a) endanger a person's safety; or
(b) prejudice an investigation or prosecution; or
(c) compromise operational activities or methodologies of Victoria Police.
S. 37D(4) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 39.15).
(4) Integrity Oversight Victoria must exclude from a copy of the report to be laid before the Parliament under subsection (6) information on which Integrity Oversight Victoria has received advice under subsection (3).
S. 37D(5) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 39.15(a)).
(5) Integrity Oversight Victoria must—
(a) cause the report to be transmitted to each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after 1 January and 1 July each year; and
(b) give a copy of the report to the Minister at the same time as it is transmitted to each House.
(6) The clerk of each House of the Parliament must cause the report to be laid before the House on the day on which it is received or on the next sitting day of that House.
Pt 6A (Heading and ss 37E, 37F) inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 78.