283   Annual reporting

(1)  The Director-General must include in the annual report of the Department information indicating how the objects of this Act have been and are proposed to be achieved.

(2)  In particular, the information must include:

(a)  information on the operation of Part 7A (including information required by that Part to be included in the report), and

(b)  information required by the regulations to be included in the report.

(3)  The Director-General must also supply the information referred to in this section to the Environment Protection Authority in sufficient time for it to be included in the state of the environment reports the Authority is required to make under section 10 of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991.