111Tabling of certain reports in Parliament when it is not sitting

111 Tabling of certain reports in Parliament when it is not sitting

111 Tabling of certain reports in Parliament when it is not sitting

(1) This section applies with respect to the tabling by the Minister of a report that the Minister is required by section 27, 42, 59 or 61 to table (or cause to be tabled) in a House of Parliament.

(2) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister seeks to table the report, the Minister is to cause a copy of the report to be presented to the Clerk of that House of Parliament.

(3) A report presented under subsection (2)—

(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.

(4) In this section, the Minister includes the portfolio Minister.