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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992
REQUIREMENT, SIR DAVID
AND WHERE THERE WAS NO SUCH STATUTORY SAID, A HEAD OF DEPARTMENT MIGHT DECIDE AT HIS/HER DISCRETION WHETHER TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COST OF PRODUCING THE REPORT AND THE EXTENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.
HE SAID SOME STATUTORY BODIES WERE REQUIRED BY THEIR ORDINANCES ΤΟ PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT. OTHER STATUTORY OR ADVISORY BODIES MIGHT DECIDE AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION WHETHER TO PUBLISA AN ANNUAL REPORT.
"ANNUAL
REPORTS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE PRODUCED BY LAW HAVE
TO COMPLY WITH THE RELEVANT LEGAL PROVISIONS.
"THOSE
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORTS WHICH ARE NON- STATUTORY IN NATURE FOLLOW CERTAIN EDITORIAL GUIDELINES TO ENSURE PRESENTATIONAL CONSISTENCY.
"ANNUAL REPORTS PREPARED BY STATUTORY OR ADVISORY BODIES, WHICH ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW, FOLLOW THEIR OWN GUIDELINES, SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID MOST ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED TO BE PRODUCED BY LAW WERE: ALSO REQUIRED TO BE TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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"ALL DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORTS WHERE AVAILABLE AND WHICH NOT REQUIRED TO BE TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE SEPARATELY CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS BY THE CLERK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
COPIES OF ALL DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND TERTIARY INSTITUTE LIBRARIES FOR PUBLIC
PERUSAL.
IN ADDITION, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR REPORTS, SUCH AS THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT AND THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING'S REPORT, WERE ON SALE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
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'WHERE THEY ARE NOT, REQUESTS FOR COPIES BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ENTERTAINED, SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF SPARE COPIES.
"THE CIRCULATION OF ANNUAL REPORTS PRODUCED BY STATUTORY OR ADVISORY BODIES IS DECIDED BY THE BODIES THEMSELVES BUT IT GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE CIRCULATION LIST AS APPLIED TO DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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