9Parliament must authorise corridor notice before it is made

9 Parliament must authorise corridor notice before it is made

(1)  The Minister may only declare a strategic infrastructure corridor under section 6 if both Houses of Parliament have approved a draft of the declaration (a draft declaration).

(2)  The Minister may lay before both Houses of Parliament a copy of a draft declaration.

(3)  For the purposes of this section, a House of Parliament is taken to have approved a draft declaration if a copy of the draft declaration has been laid on the table of that House and –

(a) the draft declaration is approved by the House; or

(b) by the expiration of the 5 sitting-days after the copy of the draft declaration was laid on the table of that House –

(i) no notice has been given of a motion to disallow the draft declaration; or

(ii) if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or

(c) if a notice of a motion to disallow the draft declaration has been given but not withdrawn or negatived within that period of 5 sitting-days, the notice is withdrawn or the motion is negatived after the expiration of that period.