Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 595

595 .         Laying documents before House of Parliament that is not sitting

        (1)         If section 389(2),  551(4) or  571(4) requires the Attorney General to cause the text of a document to be laid before each House of Parliament, or dealt with under this section, within a period and —

            (a)         at the commencement of the period, a House of Parliament is not sitting; and

            (b)         the Attorney General is of the opinion that the House will not sit during that period,

                the Attorney General must transmit a copy of the document to the Clerk of that House.

        (2)         A copy of the document transmitted to the Clerk of a House under subsection (1) is taken to have been laid before the House.

        (3)         The laying of a copy of the report before a House that is taken to have occurred under subsection (2) 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 Clerk received the copy.