Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS ACT 2003 - SECT 39

             (1)  If a rule‑maker lodges an explanatory statement relating to a legislative instrument:

                     (a)  at the time of lodging the legislative instrument for registration; or

                     (b)  at a later time before a copy of the legislative instrument is delivered to each House of the Parliament to be laid before it;

the Department must also arrange for the delivery to that House, to be laid before it, with the copy of that legislative instrument, a copy of that explanatory statement.

             (2)  If a rule‑maker fails to lodge an explanatory statement relating to a legislative instrument with the Department before the Department arranges for a copy of the legislative instrument to be delivered to a particular House of the Parliament, the rule‑maker must, as soon as possible, deliver to that House, to be laid before it:

                     (a)  a copy of the explanatory statement; and

                     (b)  a written statement why the explanatory statement was not provided to the Department in time to be delivered to the House with the legislative instrument.