Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Longford Royal Commission (Report) Act 1999 - SECT 4

Publication of report

4. Publication of report



(1) On receipt by the Governor of a copy of a report from the Commissioners of
the results of the 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 Government Printer.

(2) A copy of the report given to the clerk of a House of the Parliament under
subsection (1) is deemed to have been ordered by the House to be printed and a
copy of the report as published shall be 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 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 which those
sections applied and had been published by the Government Printer under the
authority of the Parliament.

--------------- ENDNOTES

1. General Information Minister's second reading speech- Legislative Assembly:
13 May 1999 Legislative Council: 1 June 1999 The long title for the Bill for
this Act was "A Bill to make provision for the publication of the report of
the Longford Royal Commission and for other purposes." The
Longford Royal Commission (Report) Act 1999 was assented to on 8 June 1999 and
came into operation on 8 June 1999: Special Gazette (No. 83) 8 June 1999 page
1. 2. Table of Amendments There are no amendments made to the
Longford Royal Commission (Report) Act 1999 by Acts and subordinate
instruments. 3. Explanatory Details No entries at date of publication.

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Longford Royal Commission (Report) Act 1999 No. 42 of 1999