Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The responsible Minister for an annual report may apply to the Chief Minister for an extension of the time when the Minister must present the report to the Legislative Assembly or, if section 13 (4) applies, when the responsible Minister must give the report to the Speaker.
(2) An application for an extension must be made before the end of the 3-month period for the report and, if the Chief Minister has declared a day under section 13 (2) for the report, before that day.
(3) The application must be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for the failure to meet the time.
(4) The Chief Minister may extend the time by—
(a) setting a period within which the report must be presented to the Legislative Assembly; or
(b) fixing a day when the report must be presented to the Legislative Assembly.
(5) If the extension has been granted, the responsible Minister must present the report to the Legislative Assembly in accordance with the extension.
(6) However, if there are no sitting days of the Legislative Assembly during the period mentioned in subsection (4) (a), section 13 (4) (a) to (c) applies as if a reference to the 3-month period were a reference to the period mentioned in subsection (4) (a).
(7) The statement mentioned in subsection (3) must be presented to the Legislative Assembly during the 3-month period for the report and, if the Chief Minister has declared a day under section 13 (2) for the report, on or before that day.
(8) In this section:
3-month period —see section 13 (1).