Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law tabled Procedures with step depth
A step of type Business step.
If agreed, within 40 sitting days, the motion (prayer) stops the law being in force.
There is 1 procedure.
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Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law tabled has step depth 19 in the Made negative procedure
Instruments subject to the made negative procedure do not require approval in Parliament before becoming law. These instruments may come into force on any date after being laid. Instruments concerning taxation are not laid in the Lords. Either House may pass a motion within the objection period which annuls the instrument and stops it having effect.