Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) As soon as
practicable after 30 June in each year the Commissioner is to submit a report
to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the President of the
Legislative Council on the operation of this Act and the operations of the
Commissioner during the year ending on that day (30 June).
(2) The report is to
include in relation to each agency —
(a) the
number of access applications received and dealt with; and
(b) the
number of decisions to —
(i)
give access to documents;
(ii)
give access to edited copies of documents;
(iii)
defer giving access to documents;
(iv)
give access to a document in the manner referred to in
section 28;
(v)
refuse access to documents;
and
(c) the
number of times each of the clauses in Schedule 1 was used to characterize
documents as exempt documents; and
(d) the
number of applications for internal review under Part 2 and the results of the
reviews; and
(e) the
number of applications for amendment of personal information received and
dealt with; and
(f) the
number of decisions —
(i)
to amend personal information in accordance with an
application;
(ii)
not to amend personal information in accordance with an
application;
and
(g) the
number of applications for internal review under Part 3 and the results of the
reviews; and
(h) the
number of complaints made to the Commissioner and the results of the
complaints; and
(i)
the number of other applications made to the Commissioner
and the results of those applications; and
(j) the
number of appeals to the Supreme Court and the results of those appeals; and
(k) the
amounts of fees and charges collected and details of fees and charges that
were reduced or waived; and
(l) such
other information as is prescribed.
(3) Each agency has to
—
(a)
provide the Commissioner with such information as the Commissioner requires
for the purpose of preparation of a report under this section; and
(b)
comply with any prescribed requirements concerning the providing of that
information and the keeping of records for the purposes of this section.
(4) The Commissioner
has to include in the report any recommendations of the Commissioner as to
legislative or administrative changes that could be made to help the objects
of this Act to be achieved.
(5) The Speaker or the
President has to cause a copy of a report submitted by the Commissioner to be
laid before the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council, as the case may
be, within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is submitted.