Made affirmative Business step

Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure are signed into law before being laid in Parliament but require approval from Parliament within a specified period. There are different types of made affirmative SIs: the most common type of made affirmative SI comes into force before it is approved (and can come into force before it is laid) but cannot remain in force unless it is approved by Parliament within a specified period. Another rarer type of made affirmative SI is laid after being made but cannot come into force unless the instrument is approved by Parliament. The relevant procedure and the length of the approval period is defined in the parent Act.

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There are 128 steps.

1. Approval period ends
2. Approval period for instrument under paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ends
3. Certified as England and Wales only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)
4. Certified as England only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)
5. Certified as England, Wales and Northern Ireland only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)
6. Chamber debate (House of Commons)
7. Chamber debate (House of Lords)
8. Commencement Order made (signed into law) triggering approval period
9. Communication declaring that the Instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament (House of Commons)
10. Communication declaring that the Instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament (House of Lords)
11. Concerns raised by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)
12. Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
13. Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)
14. Considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)
15. Considered for English votes for English laws (EVEL) certification (House of Commons)
16. Deadline for local authority budgets
17. Debate on motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enabled motion to approve to be moved (House of Lords)
18. Decision on a motion to approve the Local Government Finance Report (England) deferred (House of Commons)
19. Decision on motion to approve the instrument deferred (House of Commons)
20. Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate (House of Commons)
21. Further information published by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)
22. Grand Committee debate (House of Lords)
23. Instrument approved (House of Commons)
24. Instrument approved (House of Lords)
25. Instrument comes into force as law
26. Instrument created
27. Instrument created requiring the Secretary of State under Sections 172(1) and 174(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to refer proposals to the Social Security Advisory Committee
28. Instrument created under Section 55(3) in conjunction with Section 56(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Act 2018
29. Instrument created under paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988
30. Instrument created under section 25 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
31. Instrument created under the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
32. Instrument drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)
33. Instrument drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
34. Instrument introducing one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 created
35. Instrument lapsed
36. Instrument made (signed into law)
37. Instrument not drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)
38. Instrument not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
39. Instrument rejected (House of Commons)
40. Instrument rejected (House of Lords)
41. Instrument remains law
42. Instrument replaced by revoking instrument
43. Instrument revoked by another instrument
44. Instrument stops being law
45. Instrument under paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 made (signed into law)
46. Instrument under section 25 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 made (signed into law)
47. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to this instrument on other grounds (House of Commons and House of Lords)
48. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to this instrument on the grounds that it fails to comply with proper legislative practice (House of Commons and House of Lords)
49. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to this instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted (House of Commons and House of Lords)
50. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to this instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power (House of Commons and House of Lords)
51. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to this instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation (House of Commons and House of Lords)
52. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to this instrument on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether they are intra vires (House of Commons and House of Lords)
53. Laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)
54. Laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)
55. Local Government Finance Report (England) approved (House of Commons)
56. Local Government Finance Report (England) rejected (House of Commons)
57. Motion tabled that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved (House of Lords)
58. Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved agreed to (House of Lords)
59. Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved disagreed to (House of Lords)
60. Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)
61. Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved not called (House of Lords)
62. Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved not moved (House of Lords)
63. Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved withdrawn (House of Lords)
64. Motion to approve the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Commons)
65. Motion to approve the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)
66. Motion to approve the instrument not called (House of Commons)
67. Motion to approve the instrument not called (House of Lords)
68. Motion to approve the instrument not moved (House of Commons)
69. Motion to approve the instrument not moved (House of Lords)
70. Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government (House of Commons)
71. Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government (House of Lords)
72. Motion to approve the instrument withdrawn (House of Commons)
73. Motion to approve the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)
74. Motion to consider approved (House of Lords)
75. Motion to consider rejected (House of Lords)
76. Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)
77. Motion to consider the instrument approved (House of Commons)
78. Motion to consider the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Commons)
79. Motion to consider the instrument lapsed at the end of session (House of Lords)
80. Motion to consider the instrument not called (House of Commons)
81. Motion to consider the instrument not called (House of Lords)
82. Motion to consider the instrument not moved (House of Commons)
83. Motion to consider the instrument not moved (House of Lords)
84. Motion to consider the instrument rejected (House of Commons)
85. Motion to consider the instrument tabled (House of Commons)
86. Motion to consider the instrument tabled (House of Lords)
87. Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn (House of Commons)
88. Motion to stop the instrument being law approved (House of Lords)
89. Motion to stop the instrument being law lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)
90. Motion to stop the instrument being law not called (House of Lords)
91. Motion to stop the instrument being law not moved (House of Lords)
92. Motion to stop the instrument being law rejected (House of Lords)
93. Motion to stop the instrument being law tabled (House of Lords)
94. Motion to stop the instrument being law withdrawn (House of Lords)
95. No concerns raised by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)
96. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument approved (House of Lords)
97. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)
98. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument not called (House of Lords)
99. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument not moved (House of Lords)
100. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument rejected (House of Lords)
101. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument tabled (House of Lords)
102. Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)
103. Not certified under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)
104. Noted as an instrument of interest by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)
105. Oral evidence session by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)
106. Procedure concluded in the House of Commons (House of Commons)
107. Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (House of Commons and House of Lords)
108. Question on a motion to stop the instrument being law put (House of Lords)
109. Question on a non-fatal motion to object to the instrument put (House of Lords)
110. Question on motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved put (House of Lords)
111. Question on motion to approve the Local Government Finance Report (England) put (House of Commons)
112. Question on motion to approve the instrument put (House of Commons)
113. Question on motion to approve the instrument put (House of Lords)
114. Question put on motion to consider the instrument (House of Commons)
115. Question put on motion to consider the instrument (House of Lords)
116. Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)
117. Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)
118. Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to this instrument on other grounds (House of Commons)
119. Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to this instrument on the grounds that it fails to comply with proper legislative practice (House of Commons)
120. Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to this instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted (House of Commons)
121. Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to this instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power (House of Commons)
122. Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to this instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation (House of Commons)
123. Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to this instrument on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether they are intra vires (House of Commons)
124. Statement by the Chair that there can be no further debate on the instrument (House of Commons)
125. Statement deposited by the Government, declaring the introduction of one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Commons)
126. Statement deposited by the Government, declaring the introduction of one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Lords)
127. Written statement invoking the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Commons)
128. Written statement invoking the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Lords)

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