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This can particularly delay the progress of affirmative SIs, which cannot be debated in the Lords until the JCSI has issued its report.
Pre-laying scrutiny of affirmative instruments
Government departments can opt to submit drafts of Affirmative SIs for consideration by the Committee’s legal advisers in the House of Lords in advance of laying them formally.
It permits an item made of or containing ivory to be subject to dealing if a certificate is issued for this item under this exemption. Defra intend to lay this SI on 23 April 2025 with a coming into force date 21 days later.
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As is usual for commencement regulations, the default laying requirement in section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 will apply.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2021
The EMB indicated that it considered the Electoral Commission should remain accountable to all UK legislatures
On 12 November the Presiding Officer in her capacity as chair of the SPCB wrote to the Committee on the LCM.
In that context, CCPS would welcome a more comprehensive review of Integration Joint Boards, following the election, with a view to re-laying the regulations, informed by the outcomes of that review.
The Commission must also, in respect of each 4-year period, lay before the Parliament, a strategic plan setting out how it proposes to fulfil its functions during that time.
The Commission must also, in respect of each 4-year period, lay before the Parliament, a strategic plan setting out how it proposes to fulfil its functions during that time.