New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1967 - SECT 13

13 Reports

(1) The Commission may from time to time and shall, upon direction by the Minister, make an interim report on its work under any reference.

(2) The Commission shall at the end of its work under any reference make a final report on its work under the reference.

(3) The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after the thirtieth day of June in each year, make a report of the proceedings of the Commission during the period of twelve months ending on that day.

(4) A report made by a Division of the Commission constituted under section 12A (1) and signed by not less than 2 members of the Division and a report (other than a report of a Division) made by the Chairperson and one other commissioner shall be a report of the Commission for the purposes of this Act.

(5) The Commission shall furnish each of its reports to the Minister for tabling in Parliament.

(5A) 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.

(5B) The report:

(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 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 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.

(6) The Minister or, with the approval in writing of the Minister, the Commission may publish a report referred to in subsection (1) or (2) before it is tabled in Parliament.

(7) A report published pursuant to subsection (6) shall, for the purposes of the Parliamentary Papers (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1975 , be deemed to have been published under the authority of either House of Parliament.