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must include in their annual report an assessment of the extent of the program's compliance with the Data-matching Act, this instrument and the Privacy Act; and to that end, may exercise any of the powers as to investigation and audit contained in the Privacy Act.
20.              Agencies to report to Information Commissioner
1)                   The matching and source agencies must report to the Information Commissioner on a periodic basis as agreed with the Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner may require an agency to report on any relevant matter, including any of the following matters:
              1. the actual costs and benefits flowing from the program;
              2. any non-financial factors relevant to the program;
              3. any difficulties in the operation of the program and the steps the agency has taken to overcome these difficulties;
              4. any internal audits or other forms of assessment of the program undertaken by the agency, and their outcome;
              5. examples of circumstances in which notice under section 11 of the Data-matching Act would prejudice the effectiveness of an investigation into the possible commission of an offence;
              6. the number of matches produced;
              7. the number and proportion of matches that resulted in discrepancies;
              8. the number and proportion of discrepancies that resulted in the agency giving notice under section 11 of the Data-matching Act;
              9. the number and proportion of discrepancies that resulted in action being taken;
             10. the number of cases where an overpayment was identified;
             11. the number of cases in which action proceeded despite a challenge to accuracy of the data;
             12. the number of cases not proceeded with after contacting the individual who is the subject of the match;
              13. the number of cases where recovery action was initiated; and
             14. the number of cases where a debt was fully recovered.
     1. Agencies to report to Parliament
1)                   Reports prepared for the purposes of section 12(4) and section 12(5) of the Data-matching Act must deal with all of the following matters:
              1. the actual costs and benefits flowing from the program;
              2. any non-financial but quantifiable factors relevant to the program;
              3. any difficulties in the operation of the program and the steps the agency has taken to overcome these difficulties;
              4. any internal audits or other forms of assessment of the program undertaken by the agency, and their outcome;
              5. the number of matches produced;
              6. the number and proportion of matches that result in discrepancies;
              7. the number and proportion of discrepancies that resulted in the agency giving notice under section 11 of the Data-matching Act;
              8. the number and proportion of discrepancies that resulted in action being taken;
              9. the number of cases where an overpayment was identified;
             10. the number