Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE REGULATION 2016 - REG 28G

Reports given by the Inspector - General ADF

  (1)   Any report about, including the findings and any recommendations in relation to, the inquiry given by the Inspector - General ADF under subsections   27(3) to (5) must be the report (including the findings and any recommendations) given to the Inspector - General ADF by the Assistant IGADF under section   28F.

Reports given by the Assistant IGADF

  (2)   The Assistant IGADF may, if the Assistant IGADF thinks it appropriate to do so:

  (a)   inform one or more of the following persons of the findings in relation to the inquiry:

  (i)   the Minister;

  (ii)   the Chief of the Defence Force;

  (iii)   a service chief;

  (iv)   an employee of the Department;

  (v)   a member of the Defence Force;

  (vi)   a person who is affected by a submission or the inquiry (whether or not the person made a submission);

  (vii)   any other person; or

  (b)   give one or more of those persons a report about the inquiry, including the findings and any recommendations that the Assistant IGADF thinks it appropriate to make.

  (3)   A report given under paragraph   (2)(b) may be accompanied by a copy of:

  (a)   the transcript or other record of any oral evidence taken during the inquiry; and

  (b)   any document accepted as evidence during the inquiry.

  (4)   A report given to a person under paragraph   (2)(b) need not include information that the Assistant IGADF considers would be inappropriate to include for any of the following reasons:

  (a)   considerations of privacy;

  (b)   the person's responsibilities;

  (c)   the person's interest in the matter;

  (d)   the information is classified or relates to national security;

  (e)   the relevance of the information to other information considered not appropriate for the person because of paragraph   (a), (b), (c) or (d).