Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (4), the responsible Minister for an annual report must present the report to the Legislative Assembly—
(a) within 3 months after the end of the financial year (the 3-month period ); and
(b) on the day declared by the Chief Minister under subsection (2) for the report (if any).
(2) The Chief Minister may, in writing, declare that an annual report must be presented to the Legislative Assembly on a stated day that is within the 3-month period.
(3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
(4) If an annual report has not been presented to the Legislative Assembly before the last 7 days of the 3-month period for the report, and there are no sitting days of the Legislative Assembly during the 7 days—
(a) the responsible Minister must give the report, and a copy for each member of the Legislative Assembly, to the Speaker before the end of the 3-month period; and
(b) the Speaker must arrange for a copy of the report to be given to each member of the Legislative Assembly on the day the responsible Minister gives it to the Speaker; and
(c) the responsible Minister must present the report to the Legislative Assembly—
(i) on the next sitting day after the end of the 3-month period; or
(ii) if the next sitting day is the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly after a general election of members of the Assembly—on the second sitting day after the election.
(5) This section has effect subject to section 14.
(6) In this section:
"Speaker" includes—
(a) if the Speaker is unavailable—the Deputy Speaker; and
(b) if both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are unavailable—the clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
"unavailable—"the Speaker or Deputy Speaker is "unavailable" if—
(a) he or she is absent from duty; or
(b) there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker.