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- Sch. 2 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 306
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/770 Sch. 3 para. 5(2)
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- s. 20A words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 266(2)
- s. 20A(1) words inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 266(3)
- s. 20B words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 267
- s. 20C words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 268(2)
- s. 20C(1) words inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 268(3)
- s. 21(3)(za)(zb) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 269(3)(a)
- s. 21(10) added by 2003 c. 37 s. 8(2)(b)
- s. 25(1A)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(b)
- s. 25A words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(c)
- s. 25C words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(d)
- s. 25C(2) words substituted by S.I. 2015/664 Sch. 4 para. 24(4)
- s. 27A words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(e)
- s. 29(1A) inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 7(2)
- s. 29(2)-(2C) substituted for s. 29(2) by 2003 c. 37 s. 7(3)
- s. 33A-45 words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(g)
- s. 46A(2) words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(h)
- s. 48A(1) applied by S.I. 2017/1329 art. 20(5)
- s. 48A(1) excluded by 2017 c. 7 Sch. 21 para. 3(1)
- s. 48A(1) excluded by S.I. 2013/1967 art. 40(2)
- s. 48A(1) excluded by S.I. 2014/3102 art. 17(2)
- s. 48A(1) excluded by S.I. 2015/2044 art. 36(2)
- s. 48A(1) excluded by S.I. 2017/1329 art. 20(3)
- s. 48A(5) excluded by S.I. 2013/1967 art. 40(5)
- s. 48A(5) excluded by S.I. 2014/3102 art. 17(5)
- s. 48A(5) excluded by S.I. 2017/1329 art. 20(6)
- s. 48A(5) restricted by 2017 c. 7 Sch. 21 para. 3(4)
- s. 59A-59C words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 270(j)
- s. 84(2)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 273(3)(c)
- s. 116(1)(a) substituted by S.I. 2019/558 reg. 4(4)(b)(ii)
- s. 116(1)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2019/558 reg. 4(4)(b)(iii)
- s. 118(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 275(2)(e)
- s. 118(7) words inserted by 2016 anaw 3 Sch. 2 para. 20(2)(a)
- s. 118(7) words inserted by 2016 anaw 3 Sch. 2 para. 20(2)(b)
- s. 154(7)(8) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 278(6)
- s. 157(7) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 281(4)
- s. 161ZC(9) inserted by S.I. 2019/558 reg. 4(6)(b)
- s. 165(1A) words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 284(2)
- s. 167A inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 287
- s. 167A(3)(a) repealed by S.I. 2016/475 reg. 30
- s. 168(9) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 288(3)
- s. 169(3A)(3B) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 289(4)
- s. 169(5) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 289(6)
- s. 171(6) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 291(5)
- s. 172(5) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 292(6)
- s. 186(1A) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 297(3)
- s. 193-194E and cross-heading substituted for s. 193 194 by 2014 c. 21 s. 59(2)
- s. 203(1A) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(2)(a)
- s. 203(1A) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(2)(b)
- s. 203(1A) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(2)(c)
- s. 203(2A) word substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(3)(b)
- s. 203(2A) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(3)(a)
- s. 203(5)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(6)
- s. 203(8) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(7)(a)
- s. 203(8) words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 125(7)(b)
- s. 204(2)(ga) inserted by 2013 c. 32 Sch. 12 para. 65
- s. 204(3)(a)(ib) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 300(3)
- s. 204(8) inserted by S.I. 2017/80 Sch. para. 6
- s. 211(3)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2015/664 Sch. 4 para. 24(6)
- s. 221(1)(b) word inserted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 10 para. 13(a)
- s. 221(1)(b)(iii) and word repealed by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 10 para. 13(b)
- s. 221(1A) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 304(10)
- Sch. 6 para. 1(6)(ba) inserted by 2015 anaw 4 Sch. 2 para. 16(b)
- Sch. 8 para. 2(7) words inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 310(3)(a)
- Sch. 8 para. 2(7) words inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 310(3)(b)
- Sch. 27 para. 1 words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 315(d)
- Sch. 27 para. 3-5 words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 315(d)
- Sch. 27 para. 7-9 words substituted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para. 315(d)
5(1)After making an order under this Schedule, the Ministers, if an objection—E+W
(a)has been duly made by the [F1Agency]or any other body on which notice is required to be served under paragraph 3 above; and
(b)has not been withdrawn,
shall serve notice of the making of the order and of the effect of the order on the [F1Agency] or, as the case may be, that body.
(2)Where a notice is required to be served under sub-paragraph (1) above, the order shall not have effect before the end of a period of twenty-eight days from the date of service of that notice.
(3)If, within the period of twenty-eight days mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above, any body (including the [F1Agency]) on which notice has been served under sub-paragraph (1) above gives notice to one of the Ministers objecting to the order, and the objection is not withdrawn, the order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 substituted (subject to the other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
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