17Annual report

#### 17 Annual report 17 Annual report > > (1) As soon as practicable after 30 June, but on or before 31 December, in each year, the Senior Public Defender must prepare and forward to the Attorney General a report of the work and activities of Public Defenders for the 12 months ending on 30 June in that year. > > > (2) The Attorney General must lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report. > > > (3) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Attorney General seeks to lay the report before it, the Attorney General is to cause a copy of the report to be presented to the Clerk of that House of Parliament. > > > (4) A report presented under subsection (3): > > > > > (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 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 copy of the report by the Clerk. > > **s 17:** Am 2014 No 14, Sch 1.4.