Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MERIT PROTECTION (AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) ACT 1984 No. 65, 1984 - SECT 52

52. (1) Where action that is, in the opinion of the Agency, adequate and
appropriate in the circumstances is not taken with respect to the matters and
recommendations included in a report to a Department or Commonwealth authority
under section 51 within a reasonable time after the Agency made the report to
the Department or Commonwealth authority, the Agency may, in writing, inform
the Prime Minister accordingly.

(2) Where the Agency furnishes information to the Prime Minister in accordance
with sub-section (1) in relation to a report, the Agency shall furnish to the
Prime Minister with the information-

   (a)  a copy of the report; and

   (b)  if the Department or Commonwealth authority to which the report was
        made has furnished comments concerning the report to the Agency-a copy
        of those comments.

(3) In considering whether to furnish information in relation to a report to
the Prime Minister in accordance with sub-section (1), the Agency shall have
regard to any comments furnished to it by the Department or Commonwealth
authority to which the report was made.