Part 2Disabled people: right to control provision of services
Supplementary
47Consultation
1
Before laying before Parliament (or the Scottish Parliament or the National Assembly for Wales) a draft of a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 41, the appropriate authority must—
a
publish draft regulations in such manner as it thinks fit, and
b
invite representations to be made to it about the draft, during a specified period of not less than 12 weeks, by persons appearing to it to be affected by the proposals.
2
In this section “the appropriate authority” is to be read in accordance with section 45(2).