South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) In this
section—
"annual report" means a report by the Chair of the Board under section 61 of
the ACC Act.
(2) An annual report
in relation to a year must include the following:
(a) a
description of any ACC State 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 performance of its functions under this Act;
(c) any
recommendations for changes in the laws of the Commonwealth, of a
participating State or of a Territory, or for administrative action, that, as
a result of the performance of the ACC's functions under this Act, the Board
considers should be made;
(d) the
general nature and the extent of any information furnished by the CEO during
that year under this Act to a law enforcement agency;
(e) the
extent to which ACC State investigations have resulted in the prosecution in
that year of persons for offences;
(f) the
extent to which ACC State 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 being proceedings that were
determined, or otherwise disposed of, during that year.
(3) An annual report
must not—
(a)
identify persons as being suspected of having committed offences; or
(b)
identify persons as having committed offences unless those persons have been
convicted 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 his or her 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 State Minister
is to cause a copy of—
(a) each
annual report that he or she receives; and
(b) any
comments made on the report by the Inter-Governmental Committee, being
comments that accompanied the report,
to be laid before each House of the Parliament of the State within 15 sitting
days of that House after he or she receives the report.