Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Commissioner must prepare and submit to the Minister a periodical Report on the State of the Environment of Victoria prepared at intervals not exceeding—
(a) 5 years; or
(b) if the framework for environmental reporting specifies a shorter period, the shorter period.
(2) A Report on the State of the Environment of Victoria must be prepared in accordance with a framework for environmental reporting developed by the Commissioner and approved by the Minister.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the framework for environmental reporting developed under subsection (2) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 10 sitting days of that House after the framework for environmental reporting has been approved by the Minister.
(4) The Minister must cause a copy of a Report on the State of the Environment of Victoria to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 10 sitting days of that House after the Report on the State of the Environment of Victoria has been given to the Minister.
(5) If a Report on the State of the Environment of Victoria includes recommendations made by the Commissioner, the Minister must, not later than the first sitting day after the period of 12 months since the sitting day on which the Report on the State of the Environment of Victoria was laid before each House of the Parliament, cause a statement of the response of the Government to be laid before each House specifying the action (if any) proposed to be taken by the Government with respect to the recommendations.
S. 17A inserted by No. 49/2017 s. 67.