Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00316:reg:24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00316
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 24
Character Range: 22163–23464

24  Report of Commissions
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the President of a Commission is satisfied that all information relevant to the Commission's inquiry that is practicable to obtain has been obtained, the President must prepare a report, to be signed by the President and any other COI member of the Commission, setting out:
 (a) the findings of the Commission; and
 (b) any recommendations of the Commission arising from those findings.
 (2) If a Commission has 2 or more COI members and those COI members cannot agree on a report, each COI member of the Commission must make a statement in writing, to be signed by that member, of:
 (a) the findings made by the COI member; and
 (b) any recommendations arising from those findings that the COI member may think fit to make;
and those statements constitute the report of the Commission.
 (3) The President of the Commission must give a copy of the report to:
 (a) if the appointing authority for the Commission is the Chief of the Defence Force and the Secretary acting jointly under subsection 8(1)—both of those persons; or
 (b) otherwise—the appointing authority for the Commission.
 (4) The report must be accompanied by a copy of the COI records of the Commission.

Division 4—Use, disclosure and copying of information and documents