4(1)An instrument containing regulations under paragraph 1 shall be laid before the House of Commons after being made.U.K.
(2)If the regulations are not approved by the House of Commons before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which they are made, they shall cease to have effect at the end of that period if they have not already ceased to have effect under sub-paragraph (3).
(3)If on any day during that period of 28 days the House of Commons, in proceedings on a motion that (or to the effect that) the regulations be approved, comes to a decision rejecting the regulations, they shall cease to have effect at the end of that day.
(4)Where regulations cease to have effect under sub-paragraph (2) or (3), their ceasing to have effect is without prejudice to anything done in reliance on them.
(5)In reckoning any such period of 28 days take no account of any time during which—
(a)Parliament is prorogued or dissolved, or
(b)the House of Commons is adjourned for more than four days.