140Presentation of report if Parliament not sitting

140 Presentation of report if Parliament not sitting

140 Presentation of report if Parliament not sitting

(1) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister must cause to be laid a report before it under section 138 or 139, the Minister must present the report to the Clerk of the House concerned.

(2) The report that is presented to the Clerk of a House—

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

(d) must be recorded—

(i) for the Legislative Council, in the Minutes of Proceedings of the Legislative Council, and

(ii) for 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.

s 140: Ins 2020 No 37, Sch 1[27].