Laying documents before Parliament
36 Laying documents before Parliament
If a provision of this Act requires the Minister to cause a document to be laid before each House of Parliament, or be dealt with under this section, within a period and —
at the commencement of the period, a House of Parliament is not sitting; and
the Minister is of the opinion that the House will not sit during that period,
the Minister must transmit a copy of the document to the Clerk of that House.
A copy of a document 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 document that is regarded as having occurred under subsection (2) 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.
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