(1) This Act may be cited as the Legislature Amendment Act 1992, and shall be read together with and deemed part of The Legislature Act 1908.

(2) This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1993.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

This Act binds the Crown.

(1) Where any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) are commenced against any person in respect of the publication, by that person or that person's employee, by order or under the authority of the House of Representatives, of any Parliamentary paper, that person may, subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, produce to the Court a certificate signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives stating that the Parliamentary paper in respect of which the proceedings are commenced was published, by that person or that person's employee, by order or under the authority of the House of Representatives.

(2) No certificate may be produced to any Court under subsection (1) of this section unless the person seeking to produce it has given to the plaintiff or prosecutor in the proceedings, or to the plaintiff's or prosecutor's solicitor, at least 24 hours' notice of that person's intention to do so.

(3) Every certificate produced under subsection (1) of this section shall be accompanied by an affidavit verifying the certificate.

(4) Where a certificate is produced to any Court in accordance with subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the Court shall immediately stay the proceedings, and the proceedings shall be deemed to be finally determined by virtue of this section.

(1) Where any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) are commenced in respect of the publication of a copy of an authorised Parliamentary paper, the defendant in those proceedings may, at any stage of the proceedings, produce to the Court the authorised Parliamentary paper and the copy, together with an affidavit verifying the authorised Parliamentary paper and the correctness of the copy.

(2) Where, in any proceedings, the defendant produces the documents required by subsection (1) of this section, the Court shall immediately stay the proceedings, and the proceedings shall be deemed to be finally determined by virtue of this section.