Disallowance of amending laws
19B Disallowance of amending laws
In this section —
disallowance period, in relation to a disallowance resolution notice of which is given in a House of Parliament, means the period of 30 sitting days of the House after the day on which the notice is given;
disallowance resolution means a resolution that an amending law be disallowed;
notice period, in relation to an amending law laid before a House of Parliament under section 19A, means the period of 14 sitting days of the House after the day on which the amending law is laid before it.
An amending law has effect for the purposes of section 19 if the amending law is laid before each House of Parliament under section 19A and either —
no notice of a disallowance resolution is given in either House within the notice period; or
at least 1 notice of a disallowance resolution is given in a House within the notice period and, for each such notice, 1 of the following applies —
the notice is withdrawn or discharged within the disallowance period;
the disallowance resolution is lost in the House or not agreed to within the disallowance period.
For the purposes of this section and section 19A —
the period specified in section 19A, a notice period or a disallowance period continues to run even though a House of Parliament is prorogued or dissolved or expires; and
notice of a disallowance resolution given in a House of Parliament, or a motion that an amending law be disallowed in the House, does not lapse even though the House is prorogued or dissolved or expires.
[Section 19B inserted: No. 34 of 2022 s. 6.]
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