Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) As soon as practicable after a reporting period ends, the Minister must table a report in each House of the Parliament that sets out the number of applications made under section 36D to which both of the following apply:
(a) the applications were made during the reporting period to which the report relates or during an earlier reporting period;
(b) the applications relate to persons who, during the reporting period to which the report relates, were convicted and sentenced for one or more serious offences.
(2) The report must not contain information, or content of a document, if:
(a) the information or content includes any operationally sensitive information (within the meaning of the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010 ); or
(b) the disclosure of the information or content would or might prejudice:
(i) the security, defence or international relations of Australia; or
(ii) the performance by a law enforcement or security agency (within the meaning of the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010 ) of its functions; or
(c) the disclosure of the information or content would or might endanger a person's safety; or
(d) the disclosure of the information or content would be likely to be contrary to the public interest for any other reason.
(3) In this section:
"reporting period" means:
(a) the period of 12 months beginning on the day the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Act 2023 commences; or
(b) each subsequent 12 - month period.