Official Visitor Act 2012

The official visitors board must give the Minister, within 3 months after the end of a financial year, a written report for the financial year about—

the number of—

visits by official visitors to visitable places; and

complaints received by official visitors in relation to visitable places; and

referrals of complaints to investigative entities; and

the action taken on the complaints received; and

any systemic issues in relation to the operation of the Act identified by the board; and

the number and kinds of matters referred by an official visitor to an investigative entity; and

the number of times an official visitor inspected records in accordance with section 15 (2) (b).

The Minister must present the report to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after being given a copy of the report by the board.

The Minister must give additional public notice of the report.

Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (3) is in addition to the requirement for the Minister to present the report to the Legislative Assembly under s (2).

In this section:

investigative entity means an entity with power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions including, for example, the chief police officer, the human rights commission, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner, the ombudsman and the integrity commissioner.

Part 6 Miscellaneous