# Laying of Documents before Parliament (Interpretation) Act 1948, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to declare the meaning of references in Acts of Parliament and subordinate legislation to the laying of instruments or other documents before Parliament or before either House of Parliament, and the effect during a vacancy in the office of the Lord Chancellor or of the Speaker of the House of Commons of the requirement in section four of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, to send notification forthwith to each of them of an instrument’s being made so as to operate before it has been laid before Parliament.
[30th July 1948]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/59/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/laying-of-documents-before-parliament-interpretation-act-1948/introduction
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