International Protection Act 2026

Inspection reports

97. (1) An authorised person who conducts an inspection of an accommodation centre under section 95 shall prepare a report (in this section referred to as an “inspection report”) of the inspection after the inspection.

(2) The monitoring body may publish an inspection report.

(3) Before an inspection report is published, the monitoring body shall give a service provider a copy of the draft report along with a notice in writing stating that the provider may, not later than 30 days from the date on which the notice was received by the service provider, or such further period as the monitoring body allows, make submissions in writing to the monitoring body in relation to the draft report.

(4) The monitoring body—

(a) may, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (3), and having considered any submissions made, amend the draft report, and

(b) shall, where the report is to be published under subsection (2), no less than 15 days prior to such publication, furnish the final report to the Minister and to the service provider.

(5) The monitoring body or an authorised person shall not be liable in damages arising from any report or other document prepared, or communication made, in good faith, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of the functions of the monitoring body or an authorised person under this Chapter.