CARERS RECOGNITION ACT 2004 - SECT 12

CARERS RECOGNITION ACT 2004 - SECT 12

12 .         Minister may give directions

        (1)         The Minister may give written directions to the Council with respect to the performance of its functions, either generally or in relation to a particular matter, and the Council is to give effect to any such direction.

        (2)         The Minister must cause the text of any direction given under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of Parliament, or dealt with under subsection (3), within 14 days after the direction is given.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         at the commencement of the period referred to in subsection (2) a House of Parliament is not sitting; and

            (b)         the Minister is of the opinion that that House will not sit during that period,

                the Minister is to transmit a copy of the direction to the Clerk of that House.

        (4)         A copy of a direction transmitted to the Clerk of a House is to be regarded as having been laid before that House.

        (5)         The laying of a copy of a direction that is regarded as having occurred under subsection (4) is to be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after the Clerk received the copy.

        (6)         The text of a direction given under subsection (1) is to be included in the annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the department under the Financial Management Act 2006 Part 5.

        (7)         In subsection (6) —

        department means the department principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act.

        [Section 12 amended: No. 5 of 2005 s. 36; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 18.]