Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) the Inspector - General publishes a report under subsection 73L(4); and
(b) the report includes a recommendation that an agency of the Commonwealth, or an agency of a State or Territory, take certain action.
(2) The agency to which the recommendation is made must give a written response to the Inspector - General, within 90 days after the report was published or within any longer period agreed to by the Inspector - General, that sets out:
(a) whether the agency accepts the recommendation (in whole or in part); and
(b) if the agency accepts the recommendation (in whole or in part)--details of any action that the agency proposes to take to give effect to the recommendation (in whole or in part); and
(c) if the agency does not accept the recommendation (in whole or in part)--the reasons for not accepting the recommendation (in whole or in part).
(3) The Inspector - General may publish a copy of a response received under subsection (2) on the Inspector - General's website or the Department's website.