Supplementary provision about laying directions before Parliament
15 Supplementary provision about laying directions before Parliament
If —
at the commencement of the period referred to in section 6A(3) in respect of a direction a House of Parliament is not sitting; and
the Minister is of the opinion that that House will not sit before the end of that period,
the Minister must transmit a copy of the direction to the Clerk of that House.
A copy of a direction transmitted to the Clerk of a House is taken to have been laid before that House.
The laying of a copy of a direction that is taken to have 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.
[Section 15 inserted: No. 30 of 2011 s. 7.]
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