South Australian Numbered Acts

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY (CHILDREN IN STATE CARE) (CHILDREN ON APY LANDS) AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO 21 OF 2007) - SECT 8

8—Insertion of section 11A

After section 11 insert:

11A—Report of Minister in response to Commissioner's report

The Minister must respond to each report of the Commissioner as follows:

            (a)         within 3 months after receipt of the report by the Governor, the Minister must make a preliminary response indicating which (if any) of the recommendations of the Commissioner it is intended be carried out; and

            (b)         within 6 months after receipt of the report by the Governor, the Minister must make a full response stating—

                  (i)         the recommendations of the Commissioner that will be carried out and the manner in which they will be carried out; and

                  (ii)         the recommendations of the Commissioner that will not be carried out and the reasons for not carrying them out; and

            (c)         for each year for 5 years following the making of the full response, the Minister must, within 3 months after the end of the year, make a further response stating—

                  (i)         the recommendations of the Commissioner that have been wholly or partly carried out in the relevant year and the manner in which they have been carried out; and

                  (ii)         if, during the relevant year, a decision has been made not to carry out a recommendation of the Commissioner that was to be carried out, the reasons for not carrying it out; and

                  (iii)         if, during the relevant year, a decision has been made to carry out a recommendation of the Commissioner that was not to be carried out, the reasons for the decision and the manner in which the recommendation will be carried out; and

            (d)         a copy of each response must be laid before each House of Parliament within 3 sitting days after it is made.