(1) The CEO must
prepare and submit to the Minister, not later than 30 September in each year,
a report for the previous financial year that contains details of the
following —
(a) the
number of applications made under section 5;
(b) for
applications determined under section 11 —
(i)
the number of applications approved under section 11(2);
(ii)
the number of applications refused under section 11(2)
and a summary of the grounds for refusal;
(iii)
the number of convictions expunged under section 11(3)
and a summary of the offences to which the expunged convictions relate;
(iv)
the average amount of time taken to determine an
application;
(c) the
number of determinations that a conviction is no longer an expunged conviction
under section 12(1) and a summary of the grounds for the determinations;
(d) the
number of review applications made to the State Administrative Tribunal under
section 18 and the outcomes of such applications, if available;
(e) any
other matters that are, in the CEO’s opinion, of such significance as to
require reporting.
(2) The Minister must
cause a copy of the annual report to be laid before each House of Parliament
within 14 sitting days after the report is received by the Minister.