Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 73M

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   the Inspector - General publishes a report under subsection   73L(4); and

  (b)   the report includes a recommendation that an agency of the Commonwealth, or an agency of a State or Territory, take certain action.

  (2)   The agency to which the recommendation is made must give a written response to the Inspector - General, within 90 days after the report was published or within any longer period agreed to by the Inspector - General, that sets out:

  (a)   whether the agency accepts the recommendation (in whole or in part); and

  (b)   if the agency accepts the recommendation (in whole or in part)--details of any action that the agency proposes to take to give effect to the recommendation (in whole or in part); and

  (c)   if the agency does not accept the recommendation (in whole or in part)--the reasons for not accepting the recommendation (in whole or in part).

  (3)   The Inspector - General may publish a copy of a response received under subsection   (2) on the Inspector - General's website or the Department's website.