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AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION (ACT) ACT 2003 (NO. 58 OF 2003) - SECT 51

Annual report

    (1)     In this section:

annual report means a report by the chair of the board under the ACC Act, section 61.

    (2)     An annual report for a year must include the following:

        (a)     a description of any ACC Territory investigation that the ACC conducted during the year and that the board determined to be a special investigation;

        (b)     a description, which may include statistics, of any patterns or trends, and the nature and scope, of any criminal activity that have come to the attention of the ACC during that year in the exercise of its functions under this Act;

        (c)     any recommendations for changes in Commonwealth, State or Territory laws, or for administrative action, that, because of the exercise of the ACC's functions under this Act, the board considers should be made;

        (d)     the general nature and the extent of any information given by the CEO during that year under this Act to a law enforcement agency;

        (e)     the extent to which ACC Territory investigations have resulted in the prosecution in that year of people for offences;

        (f)     the extent to which ACC Territory investigations have resulted in confiscation proceedings;

        (g)     particulars of the number and results of court proceedings involving the ACC in relation to its functions under this Act if the proceedings were decided, or otherwise disposed of, during that year.

    (3)     An annual report must not—

        (a)     identify people as being suspected of having committed offences; or

        (b)     identify people as having committed offences unless those persons have been convicted or found guilty of those offences.

    (4)     In any annual report the chair of the board must take reasonable care to ensure that the identity of a person is not revealed if to reveal the person's identity might, having regard to any material appearing in the report, prejudice the safety or reputation of a person or prejudice the fair trial of a person who has been or may be charged with an offence.

    (5)     The Territory Minister must present the following documents to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the day the Minister receives them:

        (a)     each annual report the Territory Minister receives; and

        (b)     any comments by the inter-governmental committee on, and that accompany, the report.



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