9Report on implementation of ethical clothing industry practices

9 Report on implementation of ethical clothing industry practices

9 Report on implementation of ethical clothing industry practices

(1) The Council is to evaluate, and report to the Minister on action (whether voluntary or otherwise) taken by the clothing industry during the period of 12 months after the commencement of this section to improve compliance in the industry with obligations to ensure outworkers in the clothing trades receive their lawful entitlements.

(2) The report is to include the Council’s recommendations as to:

(a) whether, if a mandatory code were made, it would improve compliance, and

(b) the content and suggested penalties for failure to comply with such a code.

(3) The report is to be forwarded to the Minister as soon as practicable after the end of the 12 month period.

(4) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after receiving the report, lay a copy of the report, or cause it to be laid, before both Houses of Parliament.

(5) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister seeks to comply with subsection (4), the Minister must present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House of Parliament.

(6) A report presented to the Clerk of a House of Parliament:

(a) is taken on presentation, and for all purposes, to have been laid before the House of Parliament, and

(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and

(c) for all purposes is taken to be a document published by order or under the authority of the House, and

(d) on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk, must be recorded:

(i) in the case of the Legislative Council in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, or

(ii) in the case of the Legislative Assembly in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly.