Commonwealth Numbered Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2018 (NO. 29, 2018) - SECT 60

Periodic report

             (1)  The Secretary must give the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report on the operation of this Act for a financial year.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the report must deal with:

                     (a)  the number of notifications that were made during the financial year to the Secretary under Division 3 of Part 2 (obligation to give information and notify of events); and

                     (b)  any directions given during the financial year by the Minister under section 32 (direction if risk of act or omission that would be prejudicial to security); and

                     (c)  the use during the financial year of the Secretary's powers under Division 2 of Part 4 (Secretary's power to obtain information or documents); and

                     (d)  any action taken during the financial year against an entity under the Regulatory Powers Act as a result of Part 5 (enforcement) of this Act; and

                     (e)  the number of declarations of assets as critical infrastructure assets that were made during the financial year by the Minister under section 51.

             (3)  A report under subsection (1) must not include personal information (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 ).

Note:          See also section 34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , which contains extra rules about periodic reports.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback