Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00566:section:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00566
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16
Character Range: 35213–36517

16  Reports
 (1) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, cause a report or reports to be prepared about the operation of this Act in respect of the year.
Note:  The first report under this subsection will relate to the year beginning on 1 July 1995; see the definition of year in subsection 4(2).
 (2) The Minister must ensure that relevant State Ministers and a body or bodies representative of local government are consulted in connection with the preparation of a report under subsection (1).
 (3) The report or one of the reports must include an assessment by the Minister (based on comparable national data), in relation to the year, of:
 (a) the extent (if any) to which the allocation of funds for local government purposes has been made on a full horizontal equalisation basis as mentioned in paragraph 6(2)(a); and
 (b) the methods used by the Local Government Grants Commissions in making their recommendations; and
 (c) the performance by local governing bodies of their functions including:
 (i) their efficiency; and
 (ii) services provided by them to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
 (4) The Minister must cause a copy of each report to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report has been prepared.