(1) The President is
required, on or before 30 September in each year, to submit to the Minister an
annual report on the activities of the Tribunal during the year ending on the
preceding 30 June.
(2) The annual report
is to include details of —
(a) the
number, nature, and outcome, of matters that have come before the Tribunal;
and
(b) the
number and nature of matters that are outstanding; and
(c) any
trends or special problems that may have emerged; and
(d) the
level of compliance by decision-makers with requirements to —
(i)
notify persons of reviewable decisions and their rights
to seek review; and
(ii)
provide written reasons for reviewable decisions when
requested to do so;
and
(e)
forecasts of the workload of the Tribunal in the year after the year to which
the report relates; and
(f) any
proposals for improving the operation of the Tribunal.
(3) The Minister is to
cause a copy of each report submitted under subsection (1) to be laid before
each House of Parliament within 28 days after submission of the report.
(4) The President, if
requested to do so by the Minister, is to report to the Minister about the
jurisdiction and functions of the Tribunal or any matter connected with the
exercise of that jurisdiction or the carrying out of those functions.
(5) The President may,
from time to time, report to the Minister about anything referred to in
subsection (4) whether or not the President has been requested to do so.