Section 3131 Reports to Parliament by public authorities
(1) Each public authority must, within 4 months after the end of each reporting year, prepare an annual report on the public authority’s obligations under this Act for submission to the Minister responsible for the public authority. A copy of the report is to be provided to the Ombudsman.(2) An annual report under this section must be tabled in each House of Parliament by the relevant Minister as soon as practicable after it is prepared unless it is included in an annual report prepared for the purposes of the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 or the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to:(a) the information to be included in annual reports, and(b) the form in which annual reports are to be prepared.(4) In this section, a reference to the reporting year of a public authority is a reference to:(a) the financial year of the public authority for the purposes of the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 or the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984, or(b) if the public authority does not have a financial year for the purposes of either of those Acts, the year ending 30 June.