(1) This section
applies to an annual report that is not a separate subsidiary report.
(2) The Portfolio
Minister must cause a copy of a report to be laid before each House of
Parliament within 14 sitting days of the House after the report is given to
the Portfolio Minister.
(3) A Portfolio
Minister who is unable to cause a copy of a report to be laid before each
House of Parliament by 31 October after the end of the financial year to which
it relates must —
(a) by
that date or as soon after that date as each House is sitting, inform each
House of —
(i)
the Minister’s inability to cause a copy of the
report to be laid; and
(ii)
the reasons for the inability; and
(iii)
the date by which the Minister expects a copy of the
report to be laid before the House;
and
(b) as
soon as practicable, cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House.