Appendix 6 - Proposed amendment to proposed section 51X
Clause 51X, omit subclauses (3) and
(4), substitute:
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1) or (2), publication of the copy and
report takes place in accordance with this subsection if, within 7 days after
the order mentioned in subsection (1) or the last of the orders mentioned in
subsection (2) ceases to be in force, the copy and report are:
- laid
before each House of the Parliament; and
- published
on the Department’s website; or
- otherwise
publicly released.
(4)
If a House of the Parliament does not meet within the period mentioned
in subsection (3), or meets within that period but not after the report is
ready for publication, for the purposes of that subsection the copy and report
are taken to be laid before that House if they are provided to the Presiding
Officer of that House for circulation to the members of that House.
(4A) For the purposes
of subsection (4), if a House has been dissolved and the newly-elected House
has not met when a copy and report are provided to the Presiding Officer,
circulation to the persons who were members of that House immediately before
the dissolution is taken to be circulation to the members of the House.
(4B) To avoid doubt,
the function of a Presiding Officer of receiving and circulating a copy and a
report under subsection (4) is a function of the Presiding Officer for the
purposes of the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965.
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