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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Bushfires Royal Commission (Report) Bill 2009
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Definitions 1
4 Publication of Report 2
ENDNOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Assembly
Bushfires Royal Commission (Report)
Bill 2009
A Bill for an Act to make provision for the publication of a Report of
the Bushfires Royal Commission and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make provision for
the publication of a Report of the Bushfires Royal
Commission.
5 2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Definitions
In this Act--
10 Bushfires Inquiry means the inquiry conducted
by the Commissioners in accordance with
the Letters Patent;
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Commissioners means the Commissioners
appointed under section 88B of the
Constitution Act 1975 by the Letters Patent;
Letters Patent means Letters Patent dated
5 16 February 2009, a copy of which was
published in the Government Gazette on that
date, as amended from time to time.
4 Publication of Report
(1) Within 10 days after the receipt by the Governor
10 of a copy of a Report from the Commissioners of
the results of the Bushfires Inquiry and their
recommendations, the Minister must--
(a) give a copy of the Report to the clerk of each
House of the Parliament; and
15 (b) cause the Report to be published by the
Government Printer.
(2) A copy of the Report given to the clerk of a House
of the Parliament under subsection (1)(a)--
(a) is deemed to have been ordered by the House
20 to be printed; and
(b) as published must be tabled in the House on
the next sitting day of the House.
(3) If a Report is received by the clerk of a House of
the Parliament under subsection (1)(a), the clerk
25 must--
(a) as soon as practicable after the Report is
received, notify each member of the House
of the receipt of the Report and advise that
the Report is available upon request; and
30 (b) give a copy of the Report to any member of
the House upon request to the clerk.
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(4) The publication of a Report in accordance with
this section is absolutely privileged and the
provisions of sections 73 and 74 of the
Constitution Act 1975 and of any other
5 enactment or rule of law relating to the
publication of the proceedings of the Parliament
apply to and in relation to the publication of the
Report as if it were a report to which those
sections applied and had been published by the
10 Government Printer under the authority of the
Parliament.
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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