9BAnnual report to Parliament by Presiding Officers

##### 9B Annual report to Parliament by Presiding Officers (1) In this section: (a) a reference to a Parliamentary Department shall be read as a reference to the Department of the Senate, the Department of the House of Representatives, the Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department; (b) a reference to the relevant Presiding Officer or the relevant Presiding Officers, in relation to a Parliamentary Department, shall be read as a reference to: (i) in the case of the Department of the Senate—the President; (ii) in the case of the Department of the House of Representatives—the Speaker; and (iii) in the case of each other Parliamentary Department—the President and the Speaker; and (c) officer of the Parliament and employee of the Parliament have the same meanings as those expressions have in section 9. (2) The person who is the relevant Presiding Officer, or the persons who are the relevant Presiding Officers, in relation to a Parliamentary Department shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, cause a report concerning the operation of that Parliamentary Department during the year that ended on that 30 June to be prepared and to be laid before: (a) the Senate, in the case of a report concerning the Department of the Senate; (b) the House of Representatives, in the case of a report concerning the Department of the House of Representatives; and (c) each House of the Parliament, in the case of a report concerning any of the other Parliamentary Departments. (3) Nothing in this section shall be taken to affect any means by which a member of a House of the Parliament might seek information from the President or the Speaker, or the President and the Speaker, concerning any matter related to the administration of a Parliamentary Department.