Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law tabled Procedures with step depth
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A statutory instrument laid under the negative procedure becomes law on the day the Minister signs it and automatically remains law unless a motion – or ‘prayer’ – to reject it is agreed by either House within 40 sitting days of the instrument being laid. In the Commons, such motions are usually tabled as an Early Day Motion.
There is 1 procedure.
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Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law tabled has step depth 7 in the Made negative procedure