Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 36(1) substituted by No. 44/2006 s. 22(1).
(1) If a Joint Investigatory Committee's report to the Parliament recommends that the Government take a particular action with respect to a matter, within 6 months of the report being laid before both Houses of the Parliament or being received by the clerks of both Houses of the Parliament, the appropriate responsible Minister must provide the Parliament with a response to the Committee's recommendations.
S. 36(1A) inserted by No. 44/2006 s. 22(1).
(1A) If a House of the Parliament is not sitting within the period specified in subsection (1), the appropriate responsible Minister must give a response to the report to the clerk of each House.
S. 36(2) amended by No. 44/2006 s. 22(2).
(2) If a response is received by the clerk of a House under subsection (1A), the clerk must—
(a) as soon as practicable after the response is received, notify each member of the House of the receipt of the response and advise that the response is available upon request; and
(b) give a copy of the response to any member of the House upon request to the clerk; and
(c) cause the response to be laid before the House on the next sitting day of the House.
S. 36(3) amended by No. 44/2006 s. 22(2).
(3) A response that is given to the clerks under subsection (1A) is taken to have been published by order, or under the authority, of the Houses of the Parliament.