(1) The Director shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare and furnish to the Minister a report in relation to the operations of the Director during that year.
(2) A report shall include the following information in respect of the period to which the report relates:
(a) for all nuclear material and associated items of Australian origin transferred from Australia to any foreign jurisdiction or between foreign jurisdictions:
(i) the total quantities in each stage of the nuclear fuel cycle; and
(ii) the intended end - use;
of the nuclear material and the items transferred to each jurisdiction;
(b) the quantities, categories and intended end - use of all nuclear material and associated items within Australia; and
(c) any unreconciled differences in quantities of:
(i) nuclear material of Australian origin, wherever situated; or
(ii) nuclear material within Australia, regardless of origin;
and an explanation of those differences.
(3) In subsection (2), foreign jurisdiction means a foreign country or the European Atomic Energy Community.
(4) The Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished to the Minister under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the Minister receives the report.