{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/25",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Section 20 not to apply in exceptional cases",
  "text": "(1) Section 20 does not apply to a treaty if a Minister of the Crown is of the opinion that, exceptionally, the treaty should be ratified without the requirements of that section having been met.\n(2) But a treaty may not be ratified by virtue of subsection (1) after either House has resolved, as mentioned in section 20(1)(c), that the treaty should not be ratified.\n(3) If a Minister determines that a treaty is to be ratified by virtue of subsection (1), the Minister must, either before or as soon as practicable after the treaty is ratified—\n(a) lay before Parliament a copy of the treaty,\n(b) arrange for the treaty to be published in a way that the Minister thinks appropriate, and\n(c) lay before Parliament a statement indicating that the Minister is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1) and explaining why.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 in force at 11.11.2010 by S.I. 2010/2703, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/25/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:57.057467+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}