149Tabling of reports of transport safety investigations and transport safety inquiries

149 Tabling of reports of transport safety investigations and transport safety inquiries

149 Tabling of reports of transport safety investigations and transport safety inquiries

(1) The Minister is to lay (or cause to be laid) a report on a transport safety investigation or a transport safety inquiry before both Houses of Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than 7 days, after the Minister receives the report.

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

(3) 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.