Paragraph 14

Paragraph 146 (regulations and orders) is amended as follows.

In sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (3) omit “Parliament”.

After sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

A statutory instrument that contains (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under paragraph 12A(5) that remove a process (in whole or in part) from the scope of the definition of “mineralogical process” shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

(3B)

A statutory instrument that contains (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under paragraph 12A(6) that—

(a)

remove a description, or

(b)

modify a description so as to narrow its scope,

shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.”