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The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) General Order 1993

S.I. 1993/2660 · Made 26 October 1993

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PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE, SCOTLAND

Made 26th October 1993

Laid before Parliament 5th November 1993

Coming into force 27th November 1993

The Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons, acting jointly with the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 15 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1936 c. 52.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of General Orders
  3. 3General Order 4
  4. 4General Order 11
  5. 5General Order 77
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) General Order 1993 and shall come into force on 27th November 1993, but the amendments made by this Order shall not apply in respect of Provisional Orders deposited before that date.

2Amendment of General Orders

The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) General Orders 1946f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

3General Order 4

In General Order 4–

(a)

in paragraph (4), the words from “in the Office” to “Commons,” shall be deleted; and

(b)

in paragraph (5), for the words “any of those offices” there shall be substituted the words “the Scottish Office, London,”.

4General Order 11

In paragraph (b) of General Order 11–

(a)

the words from “in the Office” to “Commons,” shall be deleted; and

(b)

for the words “any of those offices” there shall be substituted the words “that office”.

5General Order 77

In paragraph (1) of General Order 77, the words from “in the Office” to “Commons,” shall be deleted.

Signature

Ampthill

Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords

19th October 1993

Michael Morris

Chairman of Way and Means in the House of Commons

20th October 1993

Ian Lang

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

26th October 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the General Orders made under section 15 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, which regulate the procedure for obtaining Parliamentary powers by way of Provisional Order in matters affecting Scotland.

The amendments made by this Order remove the need for Petitions against Provisional Orders to be deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords, and in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons.