20RReport to the Minister

20R Report to the Minister (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the Chief Commissioner must submit to the Minister a report on the general operations, performance and effectiveness of the Victorian witness protection program and alternative protection arrangements provided under this Act. (2) The Chief Commissioner must advise the Minister of any information in the report that, in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner, should be excluded from the report before the report is laid before Parliament because the information, if made public, could reasonably be expected to— (a) prejudice a criminal investigation, criminal proceeding or other legal proceeding; or (b) compromise the operational activities or methodologies of Victoria Police or of any authority or body referred to in the definition of ***approved authority***; or (3) The Minister must— (a) exclude information from the report if satisfied on the advice of the Chief Commissioner of any of the grounds set out in subsection (2); and (b) cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days after the day on which the Minister receives the report. Pt 3 (Heading) inserted by No. 43/2014 s. 30.