Part 12Core fuel sector resilience
Chapter 3Enforcement
Guidance
I1I2286Guidance: Parliamentary scrutiny
1
Before issuing guidance under section 285, the Secretary of State must lay a draft of the proposed guidance before both Houses of Parliament.
2
The Secretary of State must not issue the guidance until after the period of 40 days beginning with—
a
the day on which the draft is laid before both Houses of Parliament, or
b
if the draft is laid before the House of Lords on one day and the House of Commons on another, the later of those two days.
3
If before the end of that period either House resolves that the guidance should not be issued, the Secretary of State may not issue it.
4
In reckoning any period of 40 days for the purposes of subsection (2), no account is to be taken of any time during which—
a
Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or
b
both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.