Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829:reg:94
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 94
Character Range: 165464–167375

94  Submissions may be made publicly available
 (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), the Inspector‑General may, in any way he or she thinks appropriate, make available to the public generally, or to particular persons or organisations, a submission, or a part of a submission (including a written record of an oral submission), made in response to an invitation under subsection 93(1).
 (2) The Inspector‑General must not make available under subsection (1) a submission, or a part of a submission, to the extent that:
 (a) it names, or otherwise specifically identifies:
 (i) an officer (other than the Director of Biosecurity) or an employee of a Commonwealth body; or
 (ii) an officer or employee of a State or Territory body; or
 (iii) a consultant to the Department; or
 (iv) a member of the Australian Defence Force; or
 (b) it contains information in relation to which a direction given by the Agriculture Minister under paragraph 101(3)(c) applies.
 (3) The Inspector‑General must not make available under subsection (1) a submission, or a part of a submission, made by a person if:
 (a) the person requested the Inspector‑General not to make the submission, or the part of the submission, available or include it in a review report, and the Inspector‑General agreed to the request; or
 (b) the submission, or the part of a submission, was returned to, or withdrawn by, the person under subsection 93(5).
 (4) The Inspector‑General must not make available under subsection (1) a written record of an oral submission made by a person unless the person has verified the content of the record.
 (5) If a person who made a submission in response to an invitation under subsection 93(1) made a request under paragraph 93(3)(b), the Inspector‑General must not make available the person's name, or otherwise specifically identify the person, in any information made available under this section.