Chapter 9 · Miscellaneous
Section 41 - Laying of rules & certain notifications
Rules and notifications placed before ParliamentThis is a parliamentary check on delegated law.
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This is a parliamentary check on delegated law. Every rule made, and certain notifications issued, must be laid before both Houses of Parliament for a total of thirty days. Parliament can modify or annul them within that window - but any change does not unsettle action already validly taken under the rule or notification.
Key points
- Rules and specified notifications must be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
- Parliament may modify or annul them within the thirty-day window.
- Changes do not invalidate action already taken under the rule or notification.
Official section text
Section 41. Laying of rules and certain notifications.
Every rule made and every notification issued under section 16 and section 42 of this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or notification or both Houses agree that the rule or notification should not be made or issued, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or notification.