Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The IBAC may at any time give the Minister a written report on—
(a) the results of any inspections carried out under section 70N; and
(b) compliance with Part 3 in the period to which the report relates by the Chief Commissioner of Police and police officers receiving reports; and
(c) compliance with Part 4 in the period to which the report relates by the Chief Commissioner of Police and other persons authorised by the Chief Commissioner of Police to have access to the Register of Sex Offenders or any part of that Register.
(2) If requested by the Minister to do so, the IBAC must give the Minister a report under subsection (1) as soon as practicable after receiving the request.
(3) The IBAC must give a copy of any report under subsection (1) to the Chief Commissioner of Police.
(4) The Chief Commissioner of Police must advise the Minister of any information included in a copy of a report received under subsection (3) that, in the Chief Commissioner's opinion, should be excluded from the report before the report is laid before Parliament because the information could be reasonably expected to—
(a) endanger a person's safety; or
(b) prejudice an investigation or prosecution; or
(c) compromise operational activities or methodologies of Victoria Police or the IBAC.
(5) The Minister must—
(a) exclude information from the report if satisfied on the advice of the Chief Commissioner of Police of any of the grounds set out in subsection (4); and
(b) cause a copy of a report under this section to be laid before each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days after the day on which the Minister receives the report.
S. 70P inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 15.