The Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Part, cause to be prepared a report of the operations of the Prices Justification Tribunal during the period that commenced at the expiration of the last period in respect of which a report of the operations of that Tribunal was furnished to that Minister and ended immediately before the commencement of this Part and shall cause copies of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report is prepared.