Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 - SECT 24

             (1)  Where the Administrator withholds assent to a proposed law, or the Governor‑General withholds assent to a proposed law or part of a proposed law or disallows a law or part of a law, a message of the Administrator stating the reasons for the withholding of assent, or for the disallowance, as the case may be:

                     (a)  shall, within 21 days after the date on which the assent was withheld or the date of the disallowance, as the case may be, be furnished to the Speaker or, if there is no Speaker or the Speaker is absent from the Territory, the Deputy Speaker; or

                     (b)  if it is not practicable for paragraph (a) to be complied with by reason that there is no Deputy Speaker or the Deputy Speaker is absent from the Territory--shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly as soon as practicable after the relevant date referred to in paragraph (a).

             (2)  Where a message is furnished to the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker under subsection (1), the message shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly at its next meeting thereafter.