Public Defenders Act 1995

As soon as practicable after 30 June, but on or before 31 December, in each year, the Senior Public Defender must prepare and forward to the Attorney General a report of the work and activities of Public Defenders for the 12 months ending on 30 June in that year.

The Attorney General must lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.

If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Attorney General seeks to lay the report before it, the Attorney General 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,