Introductory text

This draft instrument replaces the draft Legislative Reform (Duchy of Lancaster) Order 2015 which was laid before Parliament on 24th March 2015 but subsequently withdrawn. It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft statutory instrument.

Draft Order laid before both Houses of Parliament under section 14(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

Duchy Of Lancaster

Made

Laid before Parliament 1st June 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (“the Minister”) makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006^f1.

For the purposes of section 3(1) of that Act, the Minister considers that the conditions in section 3(2), where relevant, are satisfied.

The Minister has consulted in accordance with section 13(1) of that Act.

The Minister laid a draft Order and an explanatory document before Parliament in accordance with section 14(1) of that Act.

Pursuant to section 15 of that Act, the negative resolution procedure (within the meaning of Part 1 of that Act) applies in relation to the making of this Order.

Neither House of Parliament resolved within the 40-day period referred to in section 16(3) of that Act that the Minister should not make the Order.

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Footnotes

f1: 2006 c.51; see section 32 for the definition of “Minister of the Crown”.