Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILDRENS COURT ACT 1992 - SECT 24

24 Annual report

(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, but no later than 5 months after the end of the financial year, the president must give to the Attorney-General a report of the administration and operation of the Childrens Court during the year.

(2) The Attorney-General must cause a copy of the report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly within 14 days of receiving it.

(3) If, at the time the Attorney-General would otherwise be required to lay the report before the Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Assembly is not sitting, the Attorney-General must give a copy of the report to the clerk of the Parliament.

(4) The clerk must cause a copy of the report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly on its next sitting day.

(5) For the purposes of its publication, the report is taken to have been laid before the Legislative Assembly, and to have been ordered to be published by the Legislative Assembly, when it is given to the clerk.

(6) The first report must cover the period from the commencement of section 4 until the end of the first full financial year of the court’s operation.