Section 5.3: Annual Reports: All public bodies and private entities to which this Act applies shall submit to the Independent Information Commissioner report concerning activities carried out during the preceding year in relation to this Act. The annual report shall be submitted at a time to be determined by the Independent Information Commissioner, and shall include: (a) the number of requests for access to documents or records or other type of information received by the public authority or private body as the case may be between January 1 and December 31 of the preceding year, and the number of applications which the public authority or private body processed during the period. (b) the number of requests for access to information pending before the public authority or private body as the case may be as of December 31 of the preceding year and the number of days that each of those requests had been pending before the public authority or private body as of the date of the submission of the report. (c) the number of requests where the public authority or the private body as the case may be declined access to records or documents requested by members of the public under this Act and the reasons for each such refusal of access. (d) the average number of days it takes the public authority or private body to process different types of requests for access to information, records or documents; (e) the total amount of fees collected by the public authority or private body as the case may be to process such requests; and (f) A description of the steps or efforts taken by the responsible Minister or Chief Executive of the public authority or private body as the case may be to encourage all officers under his or her charge to comply with the provisions of this Act. Section 5.4 Annual Report to the Legislature: The Independent Information Commissioner shall include in its annual report to the National Legislature a full account of the status of implementation of the Act. 10