15T Minister to table report before Parliament

(1)

The Minister must lay before each House of the Parliament, not later than the first sitting day of that House after 1 October each year, a report about controlled operations that includes the information required by subsection (2).

(2)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the report must include (but is not limited to):

(a)

the following information in respect of each application for a certificate authorising a controlled operation made in the financial year ending on the previous 30 June:

(i)

the date on which the application was made;

(ii)

the decision taken about the application;

(iii)

the reasons for that decision; and

(b)

the information in reports given to the Minister under section 15S during that financial year.

(3)

The report is not to mention anything about a named person that has not already been published about the person.

(4)

If, on information given by the Commissioner or the Chairperson of the National Crime Authority, the Minister is of the view that it is likely that the inclusion of any information in a report may:

(a)

endanger the safety of a person; or

(b)

prejudice an investigation or prosecution;

the Minister must exclude the information from the report. The Minister must then include that information in the first report laid before the Houses of Parliament after the Minister considers that the information will no longer endanger the safety of the person or prejudice the investigation or prosecution.