(1) The Board shall, on or before 31 October each year, prepare and present to
the Minister a report on--
(a) the administration of this Act and the
regulations during the period of 12 months ending on the preceding thirtieth
day of June, and
(b) the research undertaken by the Board during that period
and any recommendations that the Board considers appropriate for the
elimination or modification of legislative provisions that discriminate on a
ground referred to in this Act against any person or class of persons.
(1A)
The report shall include an account by the President of the administration of
Division 2 during that period of 12 months.
(2) The Minister shall lay the
report, or cause it to be laid, before both Houses of Parliament as soon as
practicable after its receipt by the Minister.
(3) If a House of Parliament
is not sitting when the Minister seeks to lay the report before it, the
Minister is to cause a copy of the report to be presented to the Clerk of that
House of Parliament.
(4) A report presented under subsection (3)--
(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.
