Reports
16 Reports
The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, cause a report or reports to be prepared about the operation of this Act in respect of the year.
The first report under this subsection will relate to the year beginning on 1 July 1995; see the definition of year in subsection 4(2).
The Minister must ensure that relevant State Ministers and a body or bodies representative of local government are consulted in connection with the preparation of a report under subsection (1).
The report or one of the reports must include an assessment by the Minister (based on comparable national data), in relation to the year, of:
the extent (if any) to which the allocation of funds for local government purposes has been made on a full horizontal equalisation basis as mentioned in paragraph 6(2)(a); and
the methods used by the Local Government Grants Commissions in making their recommendations; and
the performance by local governing bodies of their functions including:
their efficiency; and
services provided by them to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The Minister must cause a copy of each report to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report has been prepared.
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