Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794:section:48g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 48G
Character Range: 273534–275692

48G  Proclamations to be laid before Parliament
 (1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the making of a Proclamation referred to in paragraph 40(b) or subsection 48C(1), cause a copy of the Proclamation to be laid before each House of the Parliament.
 (2) Either House of the Parliament, within 15 sitting days of that House after a copy of a Proclamation has been laid before that House under subsection (1), may, in pursuance of a motion upon notice, pass a resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation.
 (3) Where:
 (a) a notice referred to in subsection (2) is given with respect to a Proclamation; and
 (b) at the expiration of the period during which a resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation could have been passed:
 (i) the notice has not been withdrawn and the relevant motion has not been called on; or
 (ii) the relevant motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of;
the declaration in the Proclamation shall be deemed to have been disapproved of.
 (4) If:
 (a) neither House of the Parliament passes a resolution in accordance with subsection (2) disapproving of the declaration in a Proclamation; and
 (b) the declaration in the Proclamation has not been deemed to have been disapproved of under subsection (3);
the Proclamation takes effect on the day immediately following the last day upon which a resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation could have been passed.
 (5) If, before the expiration of 15 sitting days of a House of the Parliament after a copy of a Proclamation referred to in subsection (1) has been laid before that House:
 (a) the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires, or the Parliament is prorogued; and
 (b) a resolution for the disapproval of the declaration in the Proclamation has not been passed by the first‑mentioned House;
the copy of the Proclamation shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been laid before that first‑mentioned House on the first sitting day of that first‑mentioned House after the dissolution, expiry or prorogation, as the case may be.