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the Committee in the performance of its functions, the Chairman may consult, or authorize a person on his behalf to consult, such other persons as he considers appropriate for the purpose of ascertaining the names of persons whom the persons consulted consider suitable for appointment to the relevant office, and shall inform the Committee as to the persons consulted and as to the persons who are considered by the persons consulted to be suitable for appointment to the relevant office.

"(10) A report under this section—
     (a) shall contain a list of the names of persons whom the Chairman or the Committee, as the case may be, considers suitable for appointment to the relevant office; and
     (b) may contain such comments as the Chairman or the Committee, as the case may be, considers relevant.

"(11) The Chairman shall furnish to the Prime Minister and to the Minister (in this section referred to as the 'Minister concerned') of the Department in which the relevant office exists the report prepared by him in accordance with paragraph (2) (a) and the report prepared by the Committee in accordance with paragraph (2) (b).

"(12) The Prime Minister may, after the reports have been furnished in accordance with sub-section (11), require the Chairman to arrange for the publication in the Gazette, and in such newspapers or other publications (which may include newspapers or other publications outside Australia) as the Chairman thinks appropriate, advertisements inviting applications for appointment to the relevant office and the Chairman shall comply with any such requirement.

"(13) If the Prime Minister has required the publication of advertisements in relation to the relevant office as mentioned in sub-section (12), the Chairman and the Committee shall consider whether any persons who make applications in pursuance of the advertisements are suitable for appointment to the relevant office and prepare revised reports accordingly.

"(14) If, after reports have been furnished in accordance with this section, the Prime Minister or the Minister concerned requests the Chairman and the Committee to reconsider their respective reports so as to consider—
     (a) whether a particular person whose name is not, or particular persons whose names are not, specified in the list contained in the report concerned is or are suitable for appointment to the relevant office; or
     (b) whether there are other persons not specified in the list who are suitable for appointment to the relevant office,

the Chairman and the Committee shall comply with the request and, if they think it appropriate to do so, prepare revised reports accordingly.

"(15) If a list of names contained in a report prepared by the Chairman or by the Committee under this section in relation to an office of Permanent Head