# Social Security Act 1975, Section 139: Committee to be consulted as to regulations


(1) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make regulations, he shall (unless it appears to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to do so) refer the proposals, in the form of draft regulations or otherwise, to the National Insurance Advisory Committee.
(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to regulations specified in Part II of Schedule 15 to this Act.
(3) The Committee shall consider any proposals referred to them under this section and make to the Secretary of State a report containing such recommendations with regard to the subject-matter of the proposals as they think appropriate.
(4) If after receiving the report of the Committee the Secretary of State lays before Parliament any regulations or draft regulations which comprise the whole or any part of the subject-matter of the proposals referred to the Committee, he shall lay with the regulations or draft a copy of the Committee's report and a statement showing—
(a) the extent (if any) to which the Secretary of State has, in framing the regulations, given effect to the Committee's recommendations; and
(b) in so far as effect has not been given to them, his reasons why not.
(5) In relation to regulations required or authorised to be made by the Secretary of State in conjunction with the Treasury, any reference in this section to the Secretary of State is to be construed as a reference to the authorities making or proposing to make the regulations.
(6) In the case of any regulations laid before Parliament at a time when Parliament is not sitting, the requirements of sub-section (4) above shall be deemed to be satisfied as respects either House of Parliament if a copy of the report and statement there referred to are laid before that House not later than the second day on which the House sits after the laying of the regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/14/section/139 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1975/section-139
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