Reference of Committee report to Minister for response
19 Reference of Committee report to Minister for response
Subject to subsection (1a), on a report being presented by a
Committee to its appointing House or Houses, the report or a part of the report is, if the report contains a recommendation to that effect, referred by force of this section to the Minister with responsibility in the area concerned for that Minister's response.
In the case of a report relating to a petition referred to a
Committee under section 16B, the report is referred by force of this section to the Minister with primary responsibility in the area to which the petition relates for that Minister's response.
Where a report, or part of a report, is referred to the responsible
Minister under this section, the Minister must, within four months, respond to the report or part of the report and include in the response statements as to—
which (if any) recommendations of the Committee will be carried out and the manner in which they will be carried out; and
which (if any) recommendations will not be carried out and the reasons for not carrying them out.
The following provisions apply in relation to the response of a
Minister to a Committee report:
in the case of a response relating to a petition referred to a
Committee under section 16B—the prescribed Minister in each House must, within 6 sitting days after the response is made—
address the House and explain what, if any, action is to be taken in relation to the petition (whether by the prescribed Minister or otherwise);
and
if no action is to be taken in relation to the petition (whether by the prescribed Minister or otherwise), the reasons for that fact;
in any other case—the Minister must cause a copy of the response to be laid before the Committee's appointing House or Houses within
6 sitting days after it is made.
In this section—
prescribed Minister, in relation to a response referred to in subsection (3)(a), means—
in the House in which the Minister to whom the report of a
Committee is referred under subsection (1a) sits—that Minister;
or
in the other House—the Premier or the leader of Government business in the Legislative Council (as the case requires).
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