Laying documents before Parliament
54 Laying documents before Parliament
If —
at the commencement of the period referred to in section 21(2) or Schedule 2 clause 20(2) in respect of a document 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 document to the Clerk of that House.
A copy of a document transmitted to the Clerk of a House is to be taken to have been laid before that House.
The laying of a copy of a document that is taken to have occurred under subsection (2) must 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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