Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Information Commissioner may cause a report to be transmitted to each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the investigation report has been completed.
(2) The clerk of each House of the Parliament must cause the report to be laid before the House of the Parliament on the day on which it is received or on the next sitting day of the House of the Parliament.
(3) If the Information Commissioner proposes to transmit a report to the Parliament on a day on which neither House of the Parliament is sitting, the Information Commissioner must—
(a) give one business day's notice of the intention to do so to the clerk of each House of the Parliament; and
(b) give the report to the clerk of each House of the Parliament on the day indicated in the notice; and
(c) publish the report on the Internet site of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner as soon as practicable after giving it to the clerks.
(4) The clerk of each House of the Parliament must—
(a) notify each member of the House of the Parliament of the receipt of a notice under subsection (3)(a) on the same day that the clerk receives that notice; and
(b) give a copy of a report to each member of the House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report is received under subsection (3)(b); and
(c) cause the report to be laid before the House of the Parliament on the next sitting day of the House of the Parliament.
S. 61T(5) inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 142.
(5) If the Information Commissioner proposes to transmit a report to the Parliament under this section, the Information Commissioner must give an advance copy of the report to—
(a) the Minister; and
(b) the Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
S. 61T(6) inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 142.
(6) The copy of the report must be given at least one business day before—
(a) if subsection (3) applies—the report is given to the clerk of each House of the Parliament; or
(b) otherwise—the report is due to be transmitted to the Parliament.
S. 61T(7) inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 142.
(7) The Information Commissioner is not required to give an advance copy of the report under subsection (5) if the Information Commissioner considers that in all the circumstances it would be inappropriate to do so.
Pt 6B Div. 3 (Heading and ss 61TA– 61TM) inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 110.
Division 3—Investigations of public interest complaints
S. 61TA inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 110.