6Parliamentary approval required for certain draft proclamations

6 Parliamentary approval required for certain draft proclamations

[Section 6 Substituted by No. 20 of 2021, s. 8, Applied:22 Dec 2021]

(1)  A proclamation is not to be made under section 4A(1) or 5(3) unless a draft of the proclamation is first approved by each House of Parliament.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a House of Parliament is taken to have approved a draft of a proclamation, as required under this section, if a copy of the draft has been laid on the table of the House and –

(a) it is approved by the House; or

(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting-days after it was laid on the table of the House –

(i) there has been no notice given of a motion to disallow it; or

(ii) any notice of such a motion has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or

(c) if a notice of a motion to disallow has been made during that period of 5 sitting-days and not determined at the expiration of the period –

(i) the notice is withdrawn; or

(ii) the motion has been negatived.