Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The director-general of an administrative unit must ensure that a report prepared by the director-general under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004 , section 5 (Annual report of director-general) complies with subsection (3).
(2) A public authority must ensure that a report prepared by the authority under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004 , section 6 (Annual report of public authority) complies with subsection (3).
(3) A report described in subsection (1) or (2) relating to an entity (the "reporter") for a period must—
(a) include a report on how the actions of, and the administration (if any) of legislation by, the reporter during the period accorded with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and
(b) identify how the outputs (if any) specified for the reporter in budget papers presented to the Legislative Assembly with an Appropriation Act relating to the period contributed to ecologically sustainable development; and
(c) document the effect of the reporter's actions on the environment, including details of the reporter's compliance with relevant environmental laws and standards and any contravention of a particular environmental law or standard; and
(d) identify any measures the reporter is taking to minimise the impact of actions by the reporter on the environment; and
(e) identify the mechanisms (if any) for reviewing and increasing the effectiveness of those measures.
(4) The auditor-general may audit compliance with subsections (1) and (2).
(5) In this section:
"ecologically sustainable development"—see section 2 (2).
"principles of ecologically sustainable development" means the principles set out in section 2 (2) (a) to (d).
"public authority"—see the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004 , dictionary.