Tabling of report of Commission of Inquiry
221 Tabling of report of Commission of Inquiry
S. 221 amended by No. 23/2024 s. 27(1)(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).
Within 7 sitting days of the Minister receiving a Commission of Inquiry report under section 220A, the Minister must cause the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament.
S. 221(2) inserted by No. 23/2024 s. 27(2).
If the Minister proposes tabling of a report under subsection (1) when neither House of the Parliament is sitting, the Minister must—
provide at least one business day's notice of the proposal to the clerk of each House; and
provide the report to the clerk of each House on the day specified in the notice.
S. 221(3) inserted by No. 23/2024 s. 27(2).
The clerk of each House of the Parliament must—
on the same day that the clerk receives a notice under subsection (2)(a), notify each member of the House of that notice; and
as soon as practicable after the clerk receives a report under subsection (2)(b), make copies of the report available for each member of the House; and
cause the report to be tabled in the House on the next sitting day of the House.
S. 221(4) inserted by No. 23/2024 s. 27(2).
A report provided to the clerk of a House under subsection (2)(b) is taken to have been published by order, or under the authority, of the Parliament.
S. 221(5) inserted by No. 23/2024 s. 27(2).
The publication of a report under this section is absolutely privileged and the provisions of sections 73 and 74 of the Constitution Act 1975 and any other enactment or rule of law relating to the publication of the proceedings of Parliament apply to and in relation to that publication as if—
it were a document to which those sections applied; and
it had been published by the Government Printer under the authority of the Parliament.
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