Financial Management Act 1994

The Minister must cause the documents set out in subsection (2) to be laid before—

the Legislative Assembly on or before the day on which the second readings of the annual appropriation Bills for that year are moved; and

the Legislative Council on the same day that they are laid before the Legislative Assembly or, if the Council is not sitting on that day, on the next sitting day of the Council.

For the purposes of subsection (1), the documents are—

the estimated financial statements for a financial year; and

the accompanying statement prepared in association with that set of estimated financial statements; and

the financial policy objectives and strategies statement prepared in association with the budget for that financial year; and

the statement of the gender impacts of the budget prepared in association with the budget for that financial year.