Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A defined entity must submit a progress report to the Commissioner on or before—
(a) 31 October in every second year after submitting a Gender Equality Action Plan; or
(b) any later date specified by the Commissioner under subsection (2).
(2) The Commissioner, at the request of the defined entity, may extend the time by which the defined entity must submit a progress report.
(3) The progress report must—
(a) in relation to any gender impact assessment undertaken by the defined entity within the relevant period—
(i) identify the policy, program or service that was the subject of the assessment; and
(ii) report on the actions taken in response to the requirements in section 9(2)(b); and
(b) report on the defined entity's progress within the relevant period in relation to the measures and strategies set out in the defined entity's Gender Equality Action Plan; and
(c) demonstrate the defined entity's progress within the relevant period in relation to—
(i) the workplace gender equality indicators; and
(ii) meeting any gender equality targets or gender equality quotas prescribed in relation to that defined entity.
(4) Despite subsection (3)(a), a defined entity must not identify or report on a policy, program or service if it would disclose—
(a) information that, if it were included in a document, would make that document an exempt document within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 ; or
(b) information the disclosure of which is prohibited or restricted by a provision of another enactment; or
(c) information about any other confidential matter.
(5) To avoid doubt, the obligation in subsection (1) only applies to an entity that is a defined entity as at 30 June of the year referred to in subsection (1)(a).
(6) In this section—
"relevant period" means the previous 2 financial years or other prescribed period.