31FAReporting when Parliament not in session

31FA Reporting when Parliament not in session

31FA Reporting when Parliament not in session

(1) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Joint Committee seeks to furnish a report to it, the Committee may present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House.

(2) The report—

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

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

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

(d) is to be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk.

s 31FA: Ins 1994 No 95, Sch 1.