in so far as those provisions impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities.
(2) For the purposes of carrying out any such review,
the Ombudsman may require the Commissioner of Police or any public authority
to provide information about police or the public authority's participation in
the operations of the provisions referred to in subsection (1).
(3) A report
in relation to the review is to be provided to the Minister and the Minister
for Police by 31 August 2009.
(4) The Minister is to lay (or cause to be
laid) a copy of the report provided to the Minister under this section before
both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after the Minister receives
the report.
(5) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister
seeks to lay a report before it, the Minister may present copies of the report
to the Clerk of the House concerned.
(6) The report--
(a) on presentation and
for all purposes is taken to have been laid before the House, and
(b) may be
printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and
(c) if printed by
authority of the Clerk, is for all purposes 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 report by the Clerk.
