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the following subsection:

  "(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been:

  (a) a Commissioner; or

  (b) a member of an advisory committee established under section 13; or

  (c) the Chief Executive Officer; or

  (d) a member of the staff of the Commission; or

  (e) engaged as a consultant under section 56; or

  (f) the Director of Evaluation and Audit; or

  (g) a member of the Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board; or

  (h) a Regional Councillor; or

   (i) a member of an advisory committee established under section 96; or

   (j) an Administrator.".

PART 15—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF REGIONAL COUNCILS

Division 1—Amendments relating to the annual reports of Regional
Councils

Annual report

    34. Section 99 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

     "(1) Each Regional Council must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year and, in any event, within 4 months after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Commission a report dealing with:

      (a) the operations of the Regional Council during that year; and

        (b) the implementation during that year of the regional plan for the region concerned; and

        (c) such other matters (if any) relating to that year as the Commission determines in writing.

      "(1A) If:

        (a) a grant was made to an individual or body during a financial year; and

        (b) the grant was covered by Regional Council estimates relating to the region concerned;

     then, in addition to the matters referred to in subsection (1), a report relating to the year must also set out:

      (c) the name of the individual or body; and

      (d) the amount and purpose of the grant.";

    (b) by omitting from subsection (3) all the words after "Regional Council" (second occurring) and substituting the following:

     "must:

        (a) make copies of the report available for inspection and purchase by residents of the region; and

        (b) if the report deals with the implementation of a particular version of the regional plan for the region—make copies of the version of the plan available for inspection and purchase by residents of the region.";

  (c) by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

    "(4) The Commission must make copies of the report and the regional plan for the region concerned available for inspection and purchase at each office of the Commission that serves the region.".

Application of amendments

35. The amendments of section 99 of the Principal Act made by this Division apply to annual reports of Regional Councils for the financial year ending on 30 June 1994 and for each later financial year.

Division 2—Transitional provisions relating to the annual reports of
Regional