State Owned Corporations Act 1989
26Information to be laid before Parliament
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26 Information to be laid before Parliament
26 Information to be laid before Parliament
(1) A Minister is required to lay, or cause to be laid, the following before each House of Parliament—
(a) a copy of the constitution of each State owned corporation, within 14 sitting days after the date of the constitution or the date on which the corporation became a State owned corporation (whichever is the later),
(b) a copy of the constitution of each subsidiary of each State owned corporation, within 14 sitting days after the date of the constitution or the date on which the subsidiary became a subsidiary of the corporation (whichever is the later),
(c) a copy of any change to the constitution of a State owned corporation or any of its subsidiaries, within 14 sitting days after the date of the change,
(d) a copy of the completed statement of corporate intent for a State owned corporation, within 14 sitting days after the date the voting shareholders received it,
(e) a copy of any modification to a completed statement of corporate intent for a State owned corporation made after a copy of the statement was laid before the House, within 14 sitting days after the date the modification was made,
(f) a copy of any notice given under section 21 (6) directing the board of a State owned corporation not to make a modification of a statement of corporate intent, within 14 sitting days after the date the notice was given,
(g) a copy of any notice given under section 21 (7) directing the inclusion of matters in or the omission of matters from a statement of corporate intent, within 14 sitting days after the date the notice was given,
(h) a copy of each half-yearly report of a State owned corporation, within 14 sitting days after the date the voting shareholders received it,
(i) a copy of the annual report, audited financial report, and the Auditor-General’s report on that financial report, of a State owned corporation, delivered to the voting shareholders under section 24, within 14 sitting days after the date of the annual general meeting of the corporation,
(j) a copy of any notice given by a Minister under section 11 or 20N to the board of a State owned corporation directing the corporation to perform activities, or to cease to perform activities, or not to perform activities, within 14 sitting days after the date the notice was given,