Annual review
85 Annual review
(1) The Attorney-General must, before the end of each financial year, appoint a former judicial officer to:
(a) conduct a review to determine whether, during the financial year, powers under this Act were exercised in an appropriate way having regard to the purposes of this Act; and
report, in writing, to the Attorney-General on the review.
(2) The Attorney-General and the Commissioner must ensure the former judicial officer is provided with the information the officer requires for conducting the review.
(3) A report on a review relating to a financial year must be given to the Attorney-General on or before 31 December immediately following the end of the financial year.
(4) The former judicial officer must not include classified information in the report under subsection (3).
(5) The Attorney-General must, within 8 sitting days of receiving a report under subsection (3), table the report in the Legislative Assembly.
(6) If the former judicial officer considers it appropriate to report to the Attorney-General on a matter involving classified information, the former judicial officer may prepare a separate report that includes the classified information and give it to the Attorney-General.
In this section:
former judicial officer means a person who was previously appointed as:
a Supreme Court Judge; or
a judge of a supreme court of a State or another Territory.
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