Version Superseded: 31/12/2020
Point in time view as at 26/06/2018.
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, Paragraph 58 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
58U.K.After section 96 (orders and regulations) insert—
(1)This section applies where a draft of a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 6A or 24(3) is to be laid before each House of Parliament.
(2)Before the draft is laid, the Minister of the Crown who is to make the instrument—
(a)must make a statement explaining the effect of the instrument, and
(b)in any case where the Assembly has not made a decision to agree a motion consenting to the laying of the draft—
(i)must make a statement explaining why the Minister has decided to lay the draft despite this, and
(ii)must lay before each House of Parliament any statement provided for the purpose of this sub-paragraph to a Minister of the Crown by a relevant Minister giving the opinion of the relevant Minister as to why the Assembly has not made that decision.
(3)A statement of a Minister of the Crown under subsection (2) must be made in writing and be published in such manner as the Minister making it considers appropriate.
(4)For the purposes of this section, where a draft is laid before each House of Parliament on different days, the earlier day is to be taken as the day on which it is laid before both Houses.
(5)In this section “relevant Minister” means the First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly or a Northern Ireland Minister.
(6)This section does not apply to a draft of an instrument which only contains regulations under section 6A or 24(3) which only relate to a revocation of a specification.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 58 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 25(3)(h)
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
