Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ECONOMIC PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL ACT 1983 No. 26 of 1983 - SECT 7

7. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), where a Council report is furnished to the
Minister, he shall publish that report by causing it to be made public in such
way, or in such ways, as he considers appropriate.

(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1) or (5), the way, or a
way, in which the Minister may cause a Council report to be made public is by
causing it to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that the publication of a Council report
under sub-section (1) would be contrary to the public interest, he shall, in
his discretion-

   (a)  refrain from the publication of the report until he is satisfied that
        the publication would not be contrary to the public interest; or

   (b)  where he is satisfied that it is possible to do so without the report
        being misleading, publish the report with such deletions as he
        considers necessary to protect the public interest.

(4) Where, in accordance with paragraph (3) (b), the Minister publishes a
Council report with deletions, he shall make it publicly known that the report
was published with deletions.

(5) Where, in accordance with paragraph (3) (b), the Minister has published a
report with deletions, he shall publish the report without those deletions, by
causing it to be made public in such way, or in such ways, as he considers
appropriate, if and when he becomes satisfied that the publication of the
report without the deletions would not be contrary to the public interest.

(6) Subject to sub-section (7), where the Council furnishes to the Minister a
Council report, it shall furnish a copy of that report to the appropriate
Minister of each State of which a person nominated by the Premier, or a former
Premier, is a member.

(7) The Council shall not furnish a Council report to a Minister of a State
under sub-section (6) unless there is an agreement in force between the
Government of the State and the Council under which that Government has agreed
that it will not-

   (a)  make the report public unless and until the Minister has published it
        under sub-section (1) or (5); or

   (b)  make the report public without the deletions (if any) with which it
        was last published by the Minister.

(8) The Council shall not-

   (a)  make public a Council report that has not been published by the
        Minister under sub-section (1) or (5);

   (b)  make public a draft of a Council report that has not been so published
        or that was last so published with deletions; or

   (c)  if a Council report was last published by the Minister with
        deletions-make the report public without those deletions.

(9) Where a member disagrees with a recommendation or finding in a Council
report, other than a policy report, the report shall include a statement of
the views of that member in respect of that recommendation or finding and
shall identify the member holding those views.

(10) Where a member, other than a Ministerial member or a Minister present at
a meeting by virtue of a nomination under section 15, disagrees with a
recommendation or finding in a policy report, the report shall include a
statement of the views of that member in respect of that recommendation or
finding and shall identify the member holding those views.

(11) A Council report shall state whether it is a policy report or a report
that is not a policy report.
(12) In sub-sections (7) and (8) ''report'' includes part of a report.