141Provisions relating to reports to Parliament

141 Provisions relating to reports to Parliament

141 Provisions relating to reports to Parliament

(1) A copy of a report, given to the Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament under this Division, is to be laid before the House within 15 sitting days of the House after it is received by the Presiding Officer.

(2) The Children’s Guardian may include a recommendation that the report be made public.

(3) If a report includes a recommendation by the Children’s Guardian that the report be made public, the Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament given the report under this Division must, within 14 days after receiving the report, make it public whether or not the House is in session and whether or not the report has been laid before the House.

(4) If a report is made public by a Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament before it is laid before the House, it attracts the same privileges and immunities as if it had been laid before the House.

(5) A Presiding Officer need not inquire whether all or any conditions precedent have been satisfied in relation to a report given to the Presiding Officer under this Division.

(6) The Government Sector Finance Act 2018 is, in its application to annual reporting information prepared for the Children’s Guardian, modified to the extent necessary for the purposes of this Part.

s 141: Am 2018 No 70, Sch 4.16 (subst 2019 No 25, Sch 5.22).