10   Reports as to Bills or regulations

(1)  If, at the time at which the Committee seeks to report to either House of Parliament in accordance with section 8A or 9, the House is not sitting, the Committee shall present copies of its report to the Clerk of the House.

(2)  A report so presented to the Clerk of a House shall:

(a)  on presentation and for all purposes, be deemed to have been laid before the House,

(b)  be printed by authority of the Clerk,

(c)  for all purposes, be deemed to be a document published by order or under the authority of the House, and

(d)  be recorded in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council or the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, as the case requires.