Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000 - SECT 21A

Reports to Parliament when Parliament is in recess

21A. Reports to Parliament when Parliament is in recess



(1) If the Attorney-General proposes to cause an interim or final report
submitted to him or her under section 21 to be laid before Parliament at a
time when Parliament is in recess, the Attorney-General 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 report to the clerk of each House on the day indicated in the
        notice.

(2) The clerk of each House must-

   (a)  notify each member of the House of the receipt of a notice under
        subsection (1)(a) on the same day that the clerk receives that notice;
        and

   (b)  give a copy of the report to each member of the House as soon as
        practicable after the report is received under subsection (1)(b); and

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

(3) An interim or final report that is given to the clerks under subsection
(1)(b) is taken to have been published by order, or under the authority, of
the Houses of the Parliament.

(4) For the purposes of this section, Parliament is in recess when each House
stands adjourned to a date to be fixed by the presiding officer of that House.

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