Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988

Miscellaneous provisions

34: Publication of reports by Authority and by Commissioner

You could also call this:

"Reading police reports and what they think about them"

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You can find out what the Independent Police Conduct Authority is doing. They can publish reports about their work. They can publish reports about specific cases they have looked at. They can do this even if they have already sent a report to the Attorney-General and the Minister of Police, or to the House of Representatives, under section 29. You can also see what the Commissioner thinks. The Commissioner can publish opinions or recommendations from the Authority. They can publish all or part of these opinions or recommendations, which come from section 27 or section 28. The Commissioner thinks about what the Authority recommends when deciding what to publish. They must not publish anything that could harm certain interests, as described in section 26.

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33: Proceedings privileged, or

35: Annual report, or

"The police must write a yearly report about what they do."

34Publication of reports by Authority and by Commissioner

The Authority may from time to time, in the public interest or in the interests of any person, publish reports relating to—
the general exercise of its functions under this Act; or
any particular case or cases in relation to which it has exercised its functions under this Act,—

section 29

The Commissioner may, after receiving from the Authority any opinion or recommendation given under section 27 or section 28, publish all or any part of the opinion or recommendation.
In determining the desirability or extent of publication under subsection (2), the Commissioner shall take into account any recommendation of the Authority concerning publication.
Neither the Authority nor the Commissioner shall, in any report published under this section, disclose any matter which is likely to prejudice any of the interests described in subsection (1) of section 26, whether or not any certificate has been given under that subsection.