Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

The Board shall, on or before 31 October each year, prepare and present to the Minister a report on—

the administration of this Act and the regulations during the period of 12 months ending on the preceding thirtieth day of June, and

the research undertaken by the Board during that period and any recommendations that the Board considers appropriate for the elimination or modification of legislative provisions that discriminate on a ground referred to in this Act against any person or class of persons.

The report shall include an account by the President of the administration of Division 2 during that period of 12 months.

The Minister shall lay the report, or cause it to be laid, before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after its receipt by the Minister.

If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister seeks to lay the report before it, the Minister is to cause a copy of the report to be presented to the Clerk of that House of Parliament.

A report presented under subsection (3)—

is, on presentation and for all purposes, taken to have been laid before the House, and

may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and

if so printed, is taken to be a document published by or under the authority of the House, and

is to be recorded—

in the case of the Legislative Council—in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, and

in the case of the Legislative Assembly—in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly,