(1)  The Board must, not later than 31 August after the end of each financial year, give the Minister a report on its operations for that financial year.

(2)  The report is to incorporate the audited statement of accounts prepared for the relevant financial year under section 17 .

(3)  The Minister may, in writing, direct the Board to prepare the report in a particular way or to include particular information in the report.

(4)  The report may be appended to the annual report of the Department.

(5)  Subsection (4) has effect notwithstanding section 33AB(2) of the Tasmanian State Service Act 1984 and section 27(2) of the Financial Management and Audit Act 1990 .

(6)  If the Board's report is not appended to the annual report of the Department, the Minister must cause the Board's report to be laid before each House of Parliament by not later than 30 November after the end of the financial year to which it relates.