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1993 No. 2660 (S. 251)

PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE, SCOTLAND

The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) General Order 1993

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 1936(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. 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.

Amendment of General Orders

2. The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) General Orders 1946(2) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

General Order 4

3. 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,".

General Order 11

4. 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".

General Order 77

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

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.

(2)

S.R. & O. 1946/2157, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1952/656, 1954/1141, 1961/2133 and 1992/1206.


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