# Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1965 1965 c. 43 · enacted 5 August 1965 · revised to 1 February 1991 An Act to amend the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 so far as it relates to petitions under that Act, and to extend the period for moving a resolution to annul an order to which that Act applies. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-orders-special-procedure-act-1965/pdf/ukpga_19650043_en.pdf ## Introductory text An Act to amend the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 so far as it relates to petitions under that Act, and to extend the period for moving a resolution to annul an order to which that Act applies. [5th August 1965] ## 1 Amendments of Act of 1945. (1) The Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 shall be amended as follows. (2) The period for presenting petitions under the Act against an order subject to special parliamentary procedure, and the resolution period as defined by section 4(2) of the Act, shall each be twenty-one days, instead of fourteen days . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) A petition of general objection shall under section 4(2) of the Act stand referred to a joint committee of both Houses unless either House of Parliament has within the resolution period as defined in that subsection resolved that it be not so referred, . . . ## 2 Citation, extent, commencement and repeals. (1) This Act may be cited as the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1965 and the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 and this Act may be cited together as the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Acts 1945 and 1965. (2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland. (3) This Act shall have effect as respects any order laid before both Houses of Parliament after the expiration of a period of one month beginning with the date on which this Act is passed. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/43 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-orders-special-procedure-act-1965 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.