Proposed draft remedial order Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends a draft Order be laid in the same terms as the proposal
Remedial orders are a type of statutory instrument. Under the Human Rights Act 1998, courts can declare Acts of Parliament incompatible with the European convention on human rights. The Government can use remedial orders to amend Acts to remove the incompatibility. A minister formally presents (or ‘lays’) a proposal for a draft remedial order. Parliament has 60 days to consider the proposal. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (a Committee of Members of the Commons and Lords) also scrutinises the proposal. At the end of the 60-day period, the minister can lay a draft remedial order. The minister has to report details of any representations made during the 60 days and any changes made to the proposal.
Follows the calculation style Bicameral instruments (clock stops if either House rises).
House of Commons and House of Lords
A step of type Business step.
Consideration completed by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) within their terms of reference. The Committee can make several recommendations from whether the remedial order is appropriate, whether it should be changed or proceed in the same terms. The Committee also makes recommendations on whether the House(s) should approve the order.
There are 3 business items.
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Proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Fatal Accidents Act 1976
On 10 July 2019.
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Proposal for a draft Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 (Remedial) Order
On 24 October 2018.
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Proposal for a draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order
On 23 May 2018.