Annual reports and other reports
9 Annual reports and other reports
If, before the commencement day, the Director had not prepared any report required by section 28(1) of the PIA or under Part 7 of the Financial Management Act 1994 for the financial year ending before the commencement day, the IBAC must prepare that report.
If, before the commencement day, the Director has prepared any report required by section 28(1) of the PIA or under Part 7 of the Financial Management Act 1994 but that report has not been transmitted to each House of the Parliament under section 29 of the PIA or under the Financial Management Act 1994, the IBAC must transmit that report to each House of the Parliament in accordance with the applicable requirements of section 29 of the PIA or the Financial Management Act 1994, as the case requires.
For the purposes of subclause (1)—
if the report relates to a whole financial year completed before the repeal of the PIA, the IBAC may prepare a report referred to in those provisions as a separate report and transmit the report to each House of the Parliament in accordance with section 29 of the PIA as in force immediately before its repeal or the Financial Management Act 1994, as the case requires; or
if the report relates to a partial financial year completed before the repeal of the PIA, the IBAC may prepare a report referred to in those provisions as part of its own annual report under section 165.
If, before the commencement day, the Director has prepared a report under section 28(2) of the PIA but that report has not been transmitted to each House of the Parliament under section 29 of the PIA before its repeal, the IBAC may transmit that report to each House of the Parliament in accordance with section 162(1) as if it were a special report under that section and for that purpose, the IBAC may include in a special report any matter arising in connection with the Director's functions under the PIA as in force immediately before its repeal.
If, before the commencement day, the Director has commenced preparing but has not completed a report under section 28(2) of the PIA before its repeal, the IBAC may complete that report and transmit it to each House of the Parliament in accordance with section 162(1) as if it were a special report under that section and for that purpose, the IBAC may include in a special report any matter arising in connection with the Director's functions under the PIA as in force immediately before its repeal.
If, before the commencement day, the Director has completed an investigation under the PIA but has not given a report under section 50 of the PIA before the commencement day, on and from the commencement day, the IBAC may make a recommendation under section 159 of this Act in relation to that investigation completed by the Director and section 159 applies as if the investigation completed by the Director had been an investigation by the IBAC under this Act.
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