HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 2004 - SECT 17
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 2004 - SECT 17
(1) The Commissioner
may, at any time, prepare a report to the Minister on any matter arising out
of the exercise of the Commissioner's functions under this Act.
(2) Subject to
subsection (3), the Minister must, within 2 weeks after receiving a
report under this section, have copies of the report laid before both Houses
of Parliament.
(3) If the Minister
cannot comply with subsection (2) because Parliament is not sitting, the
Minister must deliver copies of the report to the President and the Speaker
and the President and the Speaker must then—
(a)
immediately cause the report to be published; and
(b) lay
the report before their respective Houses at the earliest opportunity.
(4) A report will,
when published under subsection (3)(a), be taken for the purposes of any
other Act or law to be a report of the Parliament published under the
authority of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly.