After regulation 5B of the Principal Regulations insert —
(1) A progress report must be in the format (if any) approved by the Commissioner.
(2) For the purposes of section 19(3)(c)(i) of the Act, a progress report demonstrating a defined entity's progress within the relevant period in relation to the workplace gender equality indicators is to be done in accordance with the following method, known as a progress audit—
(a) collect information relating to the workplace gender equality indicators;
(b) compare that information with information from the immediately preceding workplace gender audit relating to the workplace gender equality indicators;
(c) include in the progress report, in the format (if any) approved by the Commissioner—
(i) the information referred to in paragraph (a); and
(ii) the results of the comparison referred to in paragraph (b).
(3) The Commissioner must publish on the Commissioner's website any format approved for the purpose of subregulation (1) or (2)(c).".