ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1923 - SECT 14B
Release of reports when Parliament not sitting
ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1923 - SECT 14B
Release of reports when Parliament not sitting
14B Release of reports when Parliament not sitting
(1) If neither House of Parliament is sitting, the Minister may present to the
Clerks of both Houses a report made by a commission.
(2) When the report has
been presented to and received by the Clerks:
(a) the report is for all
purposes to be taken to have been laid before each House and to be a document
published by order or under the authority of each House, and
(b) without
limiting paragraph (a), the report attracts the same privileges and immunities
as if it had been laid before each House and published by order or under the
authority of each House, and
(c) the report may be printed by the authority
of either or both of the Clerks.
(3) Material may be omitted from such a
report before its presentation to the Clerks of both Houses, on the
recommendation of the commission or otherwise.
(4) The report is required to
be recorded in the Minutes of Proceedings or Votes and Proceedings of the
House on the first sitting day after it was presented to and received by the
Clerk of the House.
(5) This section does not have effect in relation to a
report of a person or body to whom some or all of the provisions of this Act
are applied by other legislation enacted before the commencement of this
section, unless and until the other legislation expressly provides that this
section applies to the person or body.
