Judicial Entitlements Act 2015

This section applies if the Panel has invited submissions on a subject which it is considering for an own motion recommendation or an advisory opinion.

If the Panel makes an own motion recommendation or gives an advisory opinion on a subject to which this section applies, when making its report, the Panel must give its reasons—

for the recommendation or opinion; or

for not making the recommendation or giving the opinion.

If the Panel decides not to make an own motion recommendation or give an advisory opinion on a subject to which this section applies, the Panel must give its reasons for not making the recommendation or giving the opinion on that subject—

in its report on the own motion recommendation or the advisory opinion, if a report is prepared; or

if no report is prepared, in a written statement to the Attorney-General.