Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill [HL]

A Bill to amend the Statutory Instruments Act 1946; to make provision for the conditional amendment of statutory instruments; and for connected purposes.

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Conditional amendments
 
 
After section 6 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , insert—
 
“6A
Conditional Amendments
 
 
(1)
The House of Lords may by motion determine that approval of a draft
 
 
statutory instrument be withheld pending the resolution of its concerns
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as communicated to the House of Commons.
 
 
(2)
On receipt of a communication under subsection (1) , a Minister must
 
 
table a motion for resolution in the House of Commons regarding the
 
 
concerns expressed, allowing that House to—
 
 
(a)
reject the concerns, or
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(b)
request the Minister to make amendments to the draft
 
 
instrument.
 
 
(3)
Where the concerns expressed are rejected under subsection (2) (a) , the
 
 
House of Lords may proceed to approve or disapprove the draft
 
 
instrument.
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(4)
Where a request is received under subsection (2) (b) , the Minister must
 
 
within 40 days of its receipt—
 
 
(a)
withdraw the draft instrument, or
 
 
(b)
withdraw the draft instrument and lay a further copy of the
 
 
draft instrument, as amended or as unamended, before each
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House of Parliament in accordance with the provisions of
 
 
section 6.
 
 
(5)
The House of Lords may consider a draft instrument as relaid under
 
 
subsection (4) (b) ; however, the provisions in subsections (1) to (4) do
 
 
not apply to the relaid instrument.”
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Corrections of statutory instruments
 
 
After section 7 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , insert—
 
“7A
Corrections of statutory instruments
 
 
(1)
A Minister of the Crown or any person having power to make, confirm
 
 
or approve statutory instruments may, within forty days of final
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approval of a draft instrument promoted by them, correct any errors
 
 
in the instrument that do not change the meaning of the legislation,
 
 
where such a correction would avoid the instrument being misleading;
 
 
such corrections cannot be used to correct substantive errors or to
 
 
correct an instrument that fails to secure its intended effect because
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circumstances have changed.
 
 
(2)
Copies of the amended statutory instrument must be printed and
 
 
published under the provisions of section 2 in like manner.”
 
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Consequential provisions
 
 
(1)
In subsection 7(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , for “two” substitute
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“three”.
 
 
(2)
In subsection 7(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , for “three” substitute
 
 
“four”.
 
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Extent, commencement and short title
 
 
(1)
Any amendment made by this Act has the same extent as the provision
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amended.
 
 
(2)
The provisions of this Act come into force six months after the day of Royal
 
 
Assent.
 
 
(3)
This Act may be cited as the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act 2024.
 
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