Annual report to Parliament
32 Annual report to Parliament
As soon as practicable after 30 June in a financial year, the Information Commissioner must —
prepare a report on —
the operation in the financial year of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 and the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 Part 2 and Schedule 1; and
the operations of the Information Commissioner, Information Access Deputy Commissioner and Privacy Deputy Commissioner in the financial year;
and
submit the report to the President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The annual report must include the following information for the financial year —
the information required by the Freedom of Information Act 1992 section 111;
the information required by the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 section 146.
The annual report referred to in subsection (1) may include recommendations of the Information Commissioner as to legislative or administrative changes that could be made to assist in achieving —
the objects of the Freedom of Information Act 1992; and
the objects of the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 set out in section 3(a) to (e) of that Act.
The President or Speaker must cause a copy of a report submitted to them under subsection (1) to be laid before the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly, as the case requires, within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is submitted.
Note for this section:
The Information Commissioner must also prepare an annual report under the Financial Management Act 2006.
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