New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 63

63 Special report to Parliament

(1) If the Commission is not satisfied that sufficient steps have been taken within a reasonable time concerning a recommendation in the report under section 62, the Commission may make a special report on the matter to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament.

(2) A copy of a report furnished to the Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament under this section is to be laid before that House before the end of the next sitting day of that House after it is received by the Presiding Officer.

(3) The Commission may include in a report a recommendation that the report be made public immediately.

(4) If a report includes a recommendation by the Commission that the report be made public immediately, a Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament must make it public whether or not that House is in session and whether or not the report has been laid before that House.

(5) If such a report is made public by that Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament before it is laid before that House, it attracts the same privileges and immunities as if it had been laid before that House.

(6) A Presiding Officer need not inquire whether all or any conditions precedent have been satisfied as regards a report purporting to have been made and furnished in accordance with this Act.

(7) References in this section to a Presiding Officer are references to the President of the Legislative Council or the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

(8) If there is a vacancy in the office of President, the reference to the President is taken to be a reference to the Clerk of the Legislative Council.

(9) If there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker, the reference to the Speaker is taken to be a reference to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.