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Inspector-General of Defence Act 2023

Investigations and assessments

21: Publication of report

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"When the Inspector-General shares a report with the public"

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You can see a report on a website after the Inspector-General sends it and decides its security level under section 19. The Inspector-General puts the report on a public website as soon as they can. They might also send the report to a Minister whose work is related to the report. The Inspector-General cannot publish or send a report if it would break its security rules or if it has sensitive information. If they cannot publish a report, they publish a summarised version instead. This version must not have sensitive information and must be unclassified. If the Inspector-General cannot send a report to a Minister, they might send a summarised version. This version must be unclassified, but it can be sent to the Minister. You can see the summarised report on the public website.

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Part 3Investigations and assessments

21Publication of report

  1. As soon as practicable after sending a report and making any determination as to its security classification under section 19, the Inspector-General must publish the report on a publicly accessible Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Inspector-General.

  2. The Inspector-General may also send the report to any Minister of the Crown whose portfolio relates to, or is affected by, the report or the report’s subject matter.

  3. However, a report, or part of a report,—

  4. must not be published under subsection (1), or sent under subsection (2), if doing so would breach its security classification; and
    1. must not be published under subsection (1) if it includes sensitive information.

      1. If subsection (3) prevents the publication of a report, or of part of a report, the Inspector-General must instead publish a summarised version of the report or part that is unclassified and that does not contain sensitive information.

      2. If subsection (3) prevents the sending of a report, or of part of a report, the Inspector-General may instead send a summarised version of the report or part that is unclassified.