28Notification of Acts

28 Notification of Acts (1) If a proposed law is passed by the Legislative Assembly, the Speaker must ask the parliamentary counsel to notify the making of the law. (2) If the Speaker asks the parliamentary counsel to notify the making of the proposed law, the parliamentary counsel must— (a) notify the making of the law in the register; or (b) if it is not practicable to notify the making of the proposed law in the register—notify the making of the law in another place the parliamentary counsel considers appropriate. (3) If the Speaker asks the parliamentary counsel to notify the making of the proposed law on a particular day, the parliamentary counsel must notify the making of the law on that day unless it is impracticable to do so. (4) The making of the proposed law is notified in the register by entering in the register— (a) a statement that the law has been passed by the Legislative Assembly; and (b) the text of the law.

Numbering and notification of Acts Chapter 4 (5) The making of the proposed law is notified under subsection (2) (b) by— (a) publishing the text of the law in the place decided by the parliamentary counsel under subsection (2) (b); or (b) publishing in that place a statement that— (i) the law has been passed by the Legislative Assembly; and (ii) copies of the law can be obtained at a stated place or stated places (whether by purchase or otherwise). (6) If the making of the proposed law is notified under subsection (2) (b), the parliamentary counsel must as soon as practicable enter in the (a) a statement that the law— (i) has been passed by the Legislative Assembly; and (ii) was notified in the stated place on a stated date; and (b) the text of the law. (7) If the making of the proposed law is notified by publishing the statement mentioned in subsection (5) (b), copies of the law must be available on the day of publication, or as soon as practicable after that day, at the stated place or each of the stated places. (8) If on that day no copies of the law are available at the stated place or any of the stated places, the parliamentary counsel must give the Minister a statement— (a) that copies of the law were not available; and (b) explaining why they were not available. (9) The Minister must present the statement to the Legislative Assembly not later than 6 sitting days after receiving it.

(10) This section is a determinative provision.