PART 2Final provisions

99Parliamentary consideration of status of non-devolved provisions of this Act

1

This section applies where the substantive operational period of this Act is longer than the period of one year beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

2

A Minister of the Crown must make arrangements for—

a

a motion in neutral terms, to the effect that the House of Commons has considered the one-year status report, to be moved in that House by a Minister of the Crown within the period of 14 Commons sitting days beginning with the day after the end of the sixth reporting period, and

b

a motion for the House of Lords to take note of the one-year status report to be moved in that House by a Minister of the Crown within the period of 14 Lords sitting days beginning with the day after the end of the sixth reporting period.

3

The “one-year status report” is the report required to be prepared by the Secretary of State under section 97 in respect of the sixth reporting period.

4

In this section—

  • “Commons sitting day” means a day on which the House of Commons is sitting (and a day is only a day on which the House of Commons is sitting if the House begins to sit on that day);

  • “Lords sitting day” means a day on which the House of Lords is sitting (and a day is only a day on which the House of Lords is sitting if the House begins to sit on that day);

  • “reporting period” and “substantive operational period of this Act” have the same meaning as in section 97.