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Ministerial statement of summary of representations on the draft remedial Order Procedures

House of Lords

A step of type Business step.

At the end of the 60-day period of a proposed draft remedial order, 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.

There is 1 procedure.

  1. Draft affirmative remedial order

    A remedial order is an order made by a minister under the Human Rights Act 1998 to amend legislation which has been found incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Remedial orders can be used to amend both primary and secondary legislation, and they may do anything necessary to fix the incompatibility with the Convention rights. Draft remedial orders are considered by the Joint Committee on Human Rights and then need to be approved by both Houses to become law.

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