Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024

The board may prepare a report about the outcome of a review or another matter arising from the performance of its functions under this Act.

The board may include a recommendation made to an entity that is relevant to the review or matter in the report.

As soon as practicable after preparing the report, the board must give the report to the Minister and make a recommendation about whether the report should be tabled in the Legislative Assembly.

The board may recommend that the Minister table the report only if section 93 has been complied with in relation to the report.

If the board recommends that the report should not be tabled, the report must be accompanied by a statement of reasons for that recommendation.

Despite a recommendation not to table the report, the Minister may table the report in the Legislative Assembly if the Minister is satisfied—

the public interest in tabling the report outweighs any other considerations; and

section 93 has been complied with in relation to the report.

If the board recommends that the report should be tabled and the Minister is satisfied that tabling the report is in the public interest, the Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative Assembly within 14 sitting days after receiving the report.

For subsection (7), the following matters must not be taken into account in deciding whether there is a public interest against tabling the report—

causing embarrassment to, or a loss of confidence in, the Minister or the department;

the possibility that the information may be misunderstood or misinterpreted by a person.

The board may publish the report to the public only if the Minister has tabled the report.