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Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
sec.59AReferences to when the Assembly is not sitting
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### sec.59A References to when the Assembly is not sitting
Subsection (2) applies if an Act or the standing rules and orders refer to something being done, or state the effect of something done, in relation to a document when the Assembly is not sitting.
The reference to the Assembly not sitting is taken to include the Assembly being expired, prorogued or dissolved.
If a document is taken to have been tabled in the Assembly because of subsection (2) when the Assembly—
has expired or is dissolved; or
is prorogued and the Assembly expires or is dissolved before its next session;
the document is taken to be a document of the next Assembly.
If a document is taken to have been tabled in the Assembly because of subsection (2) when the Assembly is prorogued and the Assembly does not expire and is not dissolved before its next session, the document is taken to be a document of the next session of the Assembly.
s 59A ins 2010 No. 37 s 73
(sec.59A-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if an Act or the standing rules and orders refer to something being done, or state the effect of something done, in relation to a document when the Assembly is not sitting.
(sec.59A-ssec.2) The reference to the Assembly not sitting is taken to include the Assembly being expired, prorogued or dissolved.
(sec.59A-ssec.3) If a document is taken to have been tabled in the Assembly because of subsection (2) when the Assembly— has expired or is dissolved; or is prorogued and the Assembly expires or is dissolved before its next session; the document is taken to be a document of the next Assembly.
(sec.59A-ssec.4) If a document is taken to have been tabled in the Assembly because of subsection (2) when the Assembly is prorogued and the Assembly does not expire and is not dissolved before its next session, the document is taken to be a document of the next session of the Assembly.
- (a) has expired or is dissolved; or
- (b) is prorogued and the Assembly expires or is dissolved before its next session;