Child and Family Agency Act 2013

Duty of Agency to furnish information

14. (1) The Agency shall—

(a) monitor and keep under review occurrences and developments concerning matters relating to its functions, and

(b) without delay, furnish the Minister with information regarding—

(i) any occurrence or development that, in the opinion of the Agency, the Minister is likely to consider significant for the performance of his or her functions (whether under this Act or otherwise), or

(ii) any other occurrence or development that falls within a class of occurrences or developments of public interest or concern that has been specified in writing by the Minister.

(2) The Minister may issue guidelines in relation to the furnishing of information under subsection (1) and, if he or she does so, the Agency shall comply with those guidelines.

(3) The Agency shall submit, when required by the Minister to do so, a report on any matters connected with the functions of the Agency and specified by the Minister.

(4) A report under subsection (3) shall—

(a) address matters of general or specific concern, and

(b) be made in such form and within such period,

(specified in the requirement.