7.2 Timeline for proactive release
Cabinet documents subject to proactive release will be published online by the Cabinet Secretariat within 30 business days of Cabinet’s final consideration of the documents and following Cabinet’s authorisation of proactive release.
The count of 30 business days commences on the business day after Cabinet considered the submission, and does not include any public holidays which fall on a business day during the period.
Publication may be delayed beyond 30 business days where there is reasonable justification for delay. Reasonable justification may include where announcement of the initiative outlined in the Cabinet submission is planned for a time shortly after the 30 business day period, where release within 30 business days might prejudice commercial agreements or economic stability, where a Bill has not yet been introduced to Parliament, or where Cabinet has not had the opportunity to approve the final Proactive Release version of the submission for publication, including where publication falls due during the Cabinet’s summer recess.
Where possible, approval to publish outside 30 business days should be sought at the time of Cabinet’s consideration of the submission. In exceptional circumstances, approval may be sought from the Premier.
Where publication has been deferred beyond 30 business days, the material must be published at the earliest opportunity after the reason for the delay has resolved.