17Annual report
(1)
As soon as practicable after 30 June, but on or
before 31 December, in each year, the Senior Public Defender must prepare and
forward to the Attorney General a report of the work and activities of Public
Defenders for the 12 months ending on 30 June in that
year.
(2)
The Attorney General must lay the report or cause
it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after
receiving the report.
(3)
If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the
Attorney General seeks to lay the report before it, the Attorney General is to
cause a copy of the report to be presented to the Clerk of that House of
Parliament.
(4)
A report presented under subsection (3):
(a)
is, on presentation and for all purposes, taken
to have been laid before the House, and
(b)
may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the
House, and
(c)
if so printed, is taken to be a document
published by or under the authority of the House, and
(d)
is to be recorded:
(i)
in the case of the Legislative Council—in
the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council,
and
(ii)
in the case of the Legislative Assembly—in
the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative
Assembly,
on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of
the copy of the report by the Clerk.
s 17: Am 2014 No 14,
Sch 1.4.