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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Longford Royal Commission (Report) Act 1999
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Definitions 2
4. Publication of report 2
NOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
A BILL
to make provision for the publication of the report of the Longford
Royal Commission and for other purposes.
Longford Royal Commission (Report)
Act 1999
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make provision for
the publication of the report of the Longford
Royal Commission.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on a day to be
proclaimed.
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3. Definitions
In this Act--
"Commissioners" means the Commissioners
appointed under section 88B of the
5 Constitution Act 1975 by Letters Patent
dated 20 October 1998, a copy of which was
published in the Government Gazette on that
date;
"Longford inquiry" means the inquiry
10 conducted by the Commissioners in
accordance with the Letters Patent.
4. Publication of report
(1) On receipt by the Governor of a copy of a report
from the Commissioners of the results of the
15 Longford inquiry and their recommendations, the
Minister--
(a) must give a copy of the report to the clerk of
each House of the Parliament; and
(b) must cause the report to be published by the
20 Government Printer.
(2) A copy of the report given to the clerk of a House
of the Parliament under sub-section (1) is deemed
to have been ordered by the House to be printed
and a copy of the report as published shall be
25 tabled in the House on the next sitting day of the
House.
(3) The publication of the report of the
Commissioners in accordance with this section is
absolutely privileged and the provisions of
30 sections 73 and 74 of the Constitution Act 1975
and any other enactment or rule of law relating to
the publication of the proceedings of the
Parliament apply to and in relation to the
publication of the report as if it were a report to
35 which those sections applied and had been
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published by the Government Printer under the
authority of the Parliament.
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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