19Annual report

19 Annual report

19 Annual report

(1) As soon as practicable after 30 June, but on or before 31 December, in each year, the Foundation must prepare an annual report exhibiting a true and correct view of the financial position of the Foundation as at that date and the transactions of the Foundation with respect to the period of 12 months ending on that date.

(2) The annual report must be made available for inspection at the office of the Foundation at all reasonable hours by any member of the public.

(3) The Attorney General is to lay the annual report before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.

(4) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Attorney General seeks to lay a report before it, the Attorney General may present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House concerned.

(5) The report:

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

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

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

(d) is to be recorded:

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

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

on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk.

s 19: Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.23.