Approximately regular. Reports should be submitted one month in advance of each Advisory Committee meeting. Meetings are annual and usually held in May.
Resolution 2.7 states that the report should contain information on developments over the previous year, especially where major changes to the status of any species have occurred, new items of publicity have been issued and research has been considered, begun or completed. The same reporting format is used as for the National Implementation Report and Guidelines for the format are found in Resolution 7.4.