6(1)This paragraph applies on each occasion when the Secretary of State issues a framework document.
(2)The Secretary of State must—
(a)arrange for the framework document to be published in the manner which the Secretary of State considers appropriate,
(b)send a copy of the framework document to—
(i)the Scottish Ministers, and
(ii)the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, and
(c)lay the framework document before Parliament.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the framework document before the Scottish Parliament.
(4)The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must lay a copy of the framework document before the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(5)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.