Legislative Standards Act 1992

The parliamentary counsel must, not later than 4 months after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Minister a report on the office’s operations during the year.

Without limiting subsection (1), the parliamentary counsel must include in the report—

an outline of the office’s goals and objectives; and

particulars of the office’s principal activities for the year; and

an outline of the office’s organisational structure and resources; and

an assessment of the progress made towards achieving the purposes of this Act.

The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly within 14 days after the Minister receives it.

If, at the time the Minister would otherwise be required to lay a copy of the report before the Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Assembly is not in session or not actually sitting, the Minister must give a copy of the report to the Clerk of the Parliament.

The Clerk must cause a copy of the report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly on its next sitting day.

For the purposes of its publication, a report given to the clerk under subsection (4) is taken to have been laid before the Legislative Assembly, and to have been ordered to be published by the Legislative Assembly, when it is given to the clerk.