# Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997, Section 18: Parliamentary control of compensation schemes.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Before making a compensation scheme the Secretary of State shall lay a draft of it before Parliament.
(2) The Secretary of State shall not make the scheme unless the draft has been approved by resolution of each House.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above apply to an alteration to a compensation scheme as they apply to a compensation scheme.
(4) In this section “compensation scheme” means a scheme under section 16 or 17 above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/5/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997/section-18
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