(1) The Minister must cause a copy of each report under section 10 to be tabled in each House of the Parliament, or to be otherwise made publicly available:

(a)

before the general publication deadline; or

(b)

if the Inspector-General recommends that the tabling or public release of the report be delayed for a specified period—before the extended publication deadline.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1):

(a)

the general publication deadline is the end of 25 sitting days of each House of the Parliament, calculated starting from the day after the day on which the Minister receives the report; and

(b)

the extended publication deadline is the end of 25 sitting days of each House of the Parliament, calculated starting from the day after the day on which the period referred to in paragraph (1)(b) ends.

Note: If, because of differences in the days on which the two Houses sit, the 25 sitting day period for the two Houses ends on different days, the relevant deadline is the end of the later of those days.