Compliance statements
186 Compliance statements
The Director General must prepare —
a statement for the period 1 January to 30 June in each year; and
a statement for the period 1 July to 31 December in each year,
on the performance of public authorities that have failed to comply with a pest exclusion notice, section 30(2) or (3) or a pest control notice during that period.
Before preparing a statement the Director General must consult with each public authority whose performance is to be referred to in the statement.
Each statement is to be included in the department’s next annual report after the period for which it is prepared.
Each statement is to be given to the Minister not later than 3 months after the end of the period for which it is prepared.
The Minister must cause a copy of the statement to be laid before each House of Parliament, or dealt with under subsection (6), within 14 days after the report is received by the Minister.
If —
at the commencement of the period referred to in subsection (5) a House of Parliament is not sitting; and
the Minister is of the opinion that that House will not sit during that period,
the Minister must transmit a copy of the statement to the Clerk of that House.
A copy of a statement transmitted to the Clerk of a House is to be regarded as having been laid before that House.
The laying of a copy of a direction that is regarded as having occurred under subsection (7) is to be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after the Clerk received the copy.
[Section 186 amended: No. 47 of 2011 s. 27.]
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