(1) Within 14 days
after signing a report prepared under section 22D or 22E, the Commissioner is
to transmit a copy of the report to each House of Parliament.
(2) If —
(a) when
the Commissioner is ready to transmit a report under subsection (1), a House
of Parliament is not sitting; and
(b) the
Commissioner is of the opinion that that House will not sit during the
remainder of the period referred to in subsection (1),
the Commissioner must
transmit a copy of the report to the Clerk of that House.
(3) Subsections (1)
and (2) do not apply in relation to a report prepared under section 22D if the
report is prepared and dealt with as provided for in section 22D(2).
(4) A copy of a report
transmitted to the Clerk of a House of Parliament under subsection (2) is
taken to have been laid before the House.
(5) The laying of a
copy of a report before a House that is taken to have occurred under
subsection (4) is to be reported to the House by the Clerk, and recorded in
the Votes and Proceedings or Minutes of Proceedings, on the first sitting day
of the House after the receipt of the copy.
[Section 22F inserted: No. 39 of 2010 s. 20.]