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INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF AGED CARE ACT 2023 (NO. 55, 2023) - SECT 20

Submissions may be made publicly available

             (1)  Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), the Inspector-General may make available to the public generally, or to particular persons or bodies, a submission or a part of a submission (including a written record of an oral submission) made in response to an invitation under subsection 19(1).

             (2)  The Inspector-General must not make available under subsection (1) a submission, or a part of a submission, to the extent that:

                     (a)  it names, or otherwise makes reasonably identifiable, an individual other than:

                              (i)  a Minister of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

                             (ii)  an individual who holds an office or appointment under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

                            (iii)  an SES employee or acting SES employee; or

                            (iv)  an individual who made the submission, unless the submission is a disclosure that qualifies for protection under section 54 (confidentiality of identity); or

                     (b)  it contains information that the Inspector-General is satisfied is sensitive information.

             (3)  The Inspector-General must not make available under subsection (1) a submission, or part of a submission, made by a person or body if:

                     (a)  the person or body requested the Inspector-General not to make the submission or the part of the submission available, and the Inspector-General agreed to the request; or

                     (b)  the submission, or the part of a submission, was withdrawn by, or returned to, the person or body under subsection 19(6).

             (4)  The Inspector-General must not make available under subsection (1) a written record of an oral submission made by a person unless the person has verified the content of the record.



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