Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1995 No. 86, 1995 - SECT 16

16.(1) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year,
cause a report or reports to be prepared about the operation of this Act in
respect of the year. Note: The first report under this subsection will relate
to the year beginning
on 1 July 1995; see the definition of "year" in subsection 4(2).

(2) The Minister must ensure that relevant State Ministers and a body or
bodies representative of local government are consulted in connection with the
preparation of a report under subsection (1).

(3) The report or one of the reports must include an assessment by the
Minister (based on comparable national data), in relation to the year, of:

   (a)  the extent (if any) to which the allocation of funds for local
        government purposes has been made on a full horizontal equalisation
        basis as mentioned in paragraph 6(2)(a); and

   (b)  the methods used by the Local Government Grants Commissions in making
        their recommendations; and

   (c)  the performance by local governing bodies of their functions
        including:

        (i)    their efficiency; and

        (ii)   services provided by them to Aboriginal and Torres Strait
               Islander communities.

(4) The Minister must cause a copy of each report to be laid before each House
of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report has been prepared.