Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Authorised information matching programmes

185: Responsible Minister must present copy of report under section 184 and report setting out Government’s response to House of Representatives

You could also call this:

"The Minister must give two reports to the House of Representatives: one about what happened and one about what the Government will do about it."

The responsible Minister has to do two things. You need to know that the Minister must give a copy of a report made under section 184 to the House of Representatives within 5 working days of getting it. If the House of Representatives is not meeting, the Minister must give the report as soon as possible when they meet again.

The Minister also has to give another report to the House of Representatives. This report must say how the Government will respond to the report made under section 184. The Minister must give this report within 6 months of giving the first report.

You should understand that the Minister is accountable to the House of Representatives for these reports.

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185Responsible Minister must present copy of report under section 184 and report setting out Government’s response to House of Representatives

The responsible Minister must—
present a copy of a report under section 184 to the House of Representatives within 5 working days after receiving it from the Commissioner or, if Parliament is not in session, as soon as practicable after the commencement of the next session of Parliament; and
within 6 months after complying with paragraph (a), present a report to the House of Representatives setting out the Government’s response to the report under section 184.

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