Legislation Act 2003

Ch 3 heading inserted by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 27, effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act.

Pt 2 heading substituted from Pt 5 heading by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 37, effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act. The heading formerly read:

Part 5 - Parliamentary scrutiny of legislative instruments

S 48 substituted by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 49, effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act. S 48 formerly read:

SECTION 48 Disallowed legislative instruments not to be remade unless disallowance resolution rescinded or House approves  
(1)
If, under section 42 , a legislative instrument or a provision of a legislative instrument is disallowed, or is taken to have been disallowed, a legislative instrument, or a provision of a legislative instrument, that is the same in substance as the first-mentioned instrument or provision, must not be made within 6 months after the day on which the first-mentioned instrument or provision was disallowed or was taken to have been disallowed, unless:

(a) if the first-mentioned instrument or provision was disallowed by resolution - the resolution has been rescinded by the House of the Parliament by which it was passed; or

(b) if the first-mentioned instrument or provision was taken to have been disallowed - the House of the Parliament in which notice of the motion to disallow the instrument or provision was given by resolution approves the making of a legislative instrument or provision the same in substance as the first-mentioned instrument or provision.

(2)
Any legislative instrument or provision made in contravention of this section has no effect.