Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Financial Management Act 1994 - SECT 27D

Transmission of documents to Parliament

27D. Transmission of documents to Parliament



(1) This section applies to the following documents-

   (a)  an audited annual financial report;

   (b)  a mid-year report;

   (c)  a quarterly financial report;

   (d)  a budget update;

   (e)  the financial policy objectives and strategies statement prepared in
        association with a budget update.

(2) The Minister must cause a document to be transmitted to each House of the
Parliament on or before the due date for that document.

(3) The due date for a document specified in column 1 of the following table
is the date set out in column 2 of the table opposite that document.

TABLE Column 1 Document Column 2 Due date audited annual financial report for
a financial year 15 October next following that financial year mid-year report
for a financial year 15 March in that financial year quarterly financial
report for the quarter ending on 30 September in a financial year 15 November
in that financial year quarterly financial report for the quarter ending on 31
December in a financial year 15 March in that financial year quarterly
financial report for the quarter ending on 31 March in a financial year 15 May
in that financial year quarterly financial report for the quarter ending on 30
June in a financial year 15 October next following that financial year budget
update for a financial year and financial policy objectives and strategies
statement prepared in association with it 15 December in that financial year



(3A) Despite subsection (3), if in any financial year the budget for the
following financial year (or, if applicable, the current financial year) is
delivered within 30 days after the due date set out in Column 2 of the Table
for a document (other than the budget update), the due date for the document
is extended so as to allow the document to be transmitted to each House of the
Parliament on the day on which the budget is delivered.

(4) The clerk of each House of the Parliament must cause the document to be
laid before the House on the day on which it is received or on the next
sitting day of the House.

(5) If the Minister proposes to transmit a document to the Parliament on a day
on which neither House of the Parliament is actually sitting, the Minister
must-

   (a)  give one business day's notice of his or her intention to do so to the
        clerk of each House of the Parliament; and

   (b)  give the document to the clerk of each House on the day indicated in
        the notice; and

   (c)  publish the report on a Government Internet website as soon as
        practicable after giving it to the clerks.

(6) The clerk of each House must-

   (a)  notify each member of the House of the receipt of a notice under
        subsection (5)(a) on the same day that the clerk receives that notice;
        and

   (b)  give a copy of a document to each member of the House as soon as
        practicable after the document is received under subsection (5)(b);
        and

   (c)  cause the document to be laid before the House on the next sitting day
        of the House.



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