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ELECTORAL AND PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES LEGISLATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 44 OF 2006) - SECT 22

    (1)     For section 36(1) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 substitute —

    "(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.

    (1A)     If a House of the Parliament is not sitting within the period specified in sub-section (1), the appropriate responsible Minister must give a response to the report to the clerk of each House.".

    (2)     In sections 36(2) and 36(3) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 for "sub-section (1)(b)" substitute "sub-section (1A)".

See:
Act No.
8750.
Reprint No. 17
as at
1 May 2005
and amending
Act Nos
16/2005, 20/2005, 25/2005, 30/2005, 38/2005 and 14/2006.
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