Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Commonwealth Minister must cause an independent review of the operation of the WELS scheme to be undertaken as soon as possible after the fifth anniversary of the commencement of this section.
(1A) The Commonwealth Minister must cause further independent reviews of the operation of the WELS scheme to be undertaken:
(a) within 5 years after the completion of the review referred to in subsection (1); and
(b) thereafter, within 5 years after the completion of the previous review.
(2) The persons who undertake a review under this section must give the Commonwealth Minister a written report of the review.
(3) The Commonwealth Minister must cause a copy of the report of each review:
(a) to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of the day on which the report is given to the Commonwealth Minister; and
(b) to be given to each participating State and Territory.
(4) In this section:
"independent review" means a review undertaken by persons who:
(a) in the Commonwealth Minister's opinion possess appropriate qualifications to undertake the review; and
(b) include one or more persons who are not APS employees.