(1) If ¾

(a) at the commencement of a period referred to in section 35(5), 41(4), 53(5), 56(4), 62(5), 64(2), 65(4), 68(3), 72(2), 84(5) or 114(5) or Schedule 2, clause 2(3) or 8(7) or Schedule 5, clause 33(6) or 37(1) in respect of a document a House of Parliament is not sitting; and

(b) the Minister is of the opinion that that House will not sit during that period,

the Minister is to transmit a copy of the document to the Clerk of that House.

(2) A copy of a document transmitted to the Clerk of a House is to be ¾

(a) taken to have been laid before that House; and

(b) taken to be a document published by order or under the authority of that House.

(3) The laying of a copy of a document that is taken to have occurred under subsection (2)(a) is to be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after the receipt of the copy by the Clerk.