Part 3Drafting and publishing of legislation
Drafting and publishing legislation: Other provisions applying to secondary legislation not published by PCO
76Chief Parliamentary Counsel must support international transparency obligations
The Chief Parliamentary Counsel must ensure that, as soon as practicable, links forwarded to the PCO under section 75 are—
- published electronically; and
- as far as practicable, able to be accessed at, or downloaded from, the legislation website.
The Chief Parliamentary Counsel must give all or any makers, and ensure there is or are in force for all secondary legislation with international transparency obligations, a direction or directions setting out, in general terms,—
- the nature of their details:
- the nature of their links and the form and manner in which they must be forwarded.
The maker must, if required to do so in writing by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, republish a copy of the secondary legislation promptly on the maker’s website in a form that complies with section 75.
A direction under this section is secondary legislation (see this Part for publication requirements).
Compare
- 2012 No 119 ss 36E(4)–(6), 36F(3), (4), 36G