Acts Interpretation Act and Another Act Amendment Act 1989 (Qld)

AC TS AND ANOTHER ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1. Short title ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS PART I-ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 2. Citation 3. New s. 29A Reports to Legislative Assembly PART II - COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 4. Citation 5. New s. 32 Receipt of Commission Report 253 L E t T ON V"__ ANNO TRICESIMO OCTAVO EL,IZA ET AE CUND A E R E G INAE No. 20 G f 1989 An Act to amend the Acts InterpretationAct 1954- 1988 and the Commissions of InquiryAct 1950- 1989 each in a certain particular [ASSENTED TO 28TH APRIL, 19891

254 Acts Interpretation Act and Another Act Amendment Act 1989, No. 28 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title . This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Act and Another Act Amendment Act 1989. PART I-ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 2. Citation . ( 1) In this Part the ActsInterpretationAct 1954-1988 is referred to as the Principal Act. (2) The Principal Act as amended by this Part may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Act 1954-1989. 3. New s. 29A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 29 the following section:- "29A. Reports to Legislative Assembly. (1) Where, by any Act, a report (whether accompanied by other documents or not) required to be made to a Minister or the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and required or permitted to be tabled in or laid before the Legislative Assembly whether within a period of time specified in that Act or not, is received by the Minister or Speaker whilst the Legislative Assembly is not sitting, then upon delivery of that report and any accompanying document to the Clerk of the Parliament, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly may order that the report and any accompanying document be printed as if it were printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. (2) Where a report and any accompanying document is printed in accordance with subsection (I)- (a) the Minister or the Speaker shall table the report and accompanying document in the Legislative Assembly at the next day of sitting; (b) for the purpose of any motion in relation to any matter contained in or dealt with by that report, the report and any accompanying document shall be deemed to have been tabled in the Legislative Assembly on the next day of sitting; (c) the report and any accompanying document shall be accorded all the immunities and privileges of a report tabled in and ordered to be printed by the Legislative Assembly.". PART II-COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 4. Citation . (1) In this Part the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950- 1989 is referred to as the Principal Act. (2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Part, may be cited as the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950-1989.

Acts Interpretation Act and Another Act Amendment Act 255 1989, No. 28 5. New s. 32. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 31, the following section:- "32. Receipt of Commission Report . (1) Where a report of a Commission is received by a Minister of the Crown and the Legislative Assembly is not sitting, the Minister may deliver a copy of a report to the Clerk of Parliament who may, in accordance with the order of the Speaker, print the report. (2) A report printed in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed for all purposes to have been tabled in and printed by order of the Legislative Assembly and shall be accorded all the immunities and privileges of a report tabled in and ordered to be printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. (3) A report printed in accordance with subsection (1) shall be tabled in the Legislative Assembly on the next day of sitting.".