New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ANNUAL REPORTS (DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1985 - SECT 13

13 Presentation of annual report to Parliament

(1) The appropriate Minister shall, within the period of 1 month after the receipt by that Minister of the annual report of a Department, lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

(1A) If a report is late in being laid before a House of Parliament, the appropriate Minister is to make or table a statement (or to cause a statement to be tabled) in that House as to the extent of, and the reasons for, that lateness.

(2) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the appropriate Minister seeks to comply with subsection (1) or (1A), the appropriate Minister shall present copies of the annual report or statement to the Clerk of the House of Parliament.

(3) An annual report or statement presented to the Clerk of a House of Parliament shall:

(a) on presentation and for all purposes, be deemed to have been laid before the House of Parliament,

(b) be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House,

(c) for all purposes be deemed to be a document published by order or under the authority of the House, and

(d) be recorded:

(i) in the case of the Legislative Council-in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, or

(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 annual report or statement by the Clerk.