57Duties to lay certain reports before Parliament: further provisionU.K.
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(3)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.
(4)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.
(5)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.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 57(1)(2) omitted (15.3.2022) by virtue of Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 63(2)(a), 69(3)
F2Words in s. 57(3) substituted (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 63(2)(b), 69(3)
F3Words in s. 57(4) substituted (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 63(2)(c), 69(3)
F4Words in s. 57(5) substituted (15.3.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 63(2)(d), 69(3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 57 in force at 22.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(c)