Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 18

  (1)   As soon as practicable after preparing a report under this Division, ASIC must give a copy of the report to the Minister.

  (2)   Where a report, or part of a report, under this Division relates to a serious contravention of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction, ASIC may give a copy of the whole or a part of the report to:

  (a)   the Australian Federal Police; or

  (b)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission or a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ); or

  (c)   the Director of Public Prosecutions; or

  (d)   a prescribed agency.

  (3)   Where a report, or part of a report, under this Division relates to a person's affairs to a material extent, ASIC may, at the person's request or of its own motion, give to the person a copy of the report or of part of the report.

  (4)   The Minister may cause the whole or a part of a report under this Division to be printed and published.