18 Parliamentary control of compensation schemes.E+W+S
(1)Before making a compensation scheme the Secretary of State shall lay a draft of it before Parliament.
(2)The Secretary of State shall not make the scheme unless the draft has been approved by resolution of each House.
(3)This section applies to any alteration to the scheme as it applies to a compensation scheme.
(4)In this section “compensation scheme” means a scheme under section 16 or 17 above.
Commencement Information
I1S. 18 wholly in force at 1.7.1997; s. 18 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 53(3)(4); s. 18 in force for certain purposes at 17.3.1997 by S.I. 1997/1076, art. 2 and in force at 1.7.1997 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(b), Sch. Pt. I