Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The appropriate Minister shall on or before 31 October in each year cause to be laid before both Houses of Parliament copies of an annual report prepared under section 27(6).
(2) If the appropriate Minister is unable to comply with subsection (1) by reason of the fact that either House of Parliament is not sitting, the appropriate Minister shall, on 31 October–
and shall, within the next 7 sitting days of that House, cause copies of the annual report to be laid before that House.(a) forward copies of the annual report to the Clerk of the Legislative Council or the Clerk of the House of Assembly, as the case may require; and
(b) make the annual report available to the public–
(3) In the case of a report prepared by a Head of Agency referred to in Column 2 of Schedule 2, the Head shall on or before 31 October in each year cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
(4) If a Head of Agency referred to in Column 2 of Schedule 2 is unable to comply with subsection (3) by reason of the fact that either House of Parliament is not sitting, the Head shall, within the next 7 sitting days of that House, cause copies of the report referred to in that subsection to be laid before that House.
(5) If 31 October is a Sunday or a day which is a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 or a public holiday throughout the State, it is sufficient compliance with this section if copies of the annual report are forwarded to the Clerk of the Legislative Council and the Clerk of the House of Assembly and are made available to the public on the next day after 31 October which is not a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 or a public holiday throughout the State.
(6) Where the Treasurer has given a direction under section 29(1), the Treasurer may, after consultation with the Minister responsible for the administration of the State Service Act 2000, fix a date other than 31 October for the tabling of reports under this section and in any such case this section has effect as if references to 31 October were references to the date so fixed.
(7) A date fixed under subsection (6) shall not be later than 4 months after the expiration of the period of 12 months specified in the relevant direction.