C1PART 3General
Supplementary
I157Duties to lay certain reports before Parliament: further provision
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If F2paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 (duty to lay report) is not complied with, the appropriate Minister who should have complied with that provision must publish a written statement explaining why that Minister failed to comply with it.
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Subsection (5) applies where F3paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 applies and—
a
a statutory instrument containing the regulations concerned, or
b
a draft of such an instrument,
is laid before the House of Commons and House of Lords on different days.
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Where this subsection applies, F4paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 is to be read as requiring the laying of a copy of the report to which that provision relates—
a
before the House of Commons at the time the instrument or draft mentioned in subsection (4) is laid before the House of Commons, and
b
before the House of Lords at the time that instrument or draft is laid before the House of Lords.
Pt. 3: power to amend conferred (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 66(1)(a), 69(3)