Moved by
Lord Ashton of Hyde
11: Clause 114, page 125, line 6, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
“(2) A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 112(1) or (5) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply to a statutory instrument containing regulations which—
(a) only make provision increasing a charge for which provision is made by previous regulations under section 112(1), and
(b) do so to take account of an increase in the retail prices index since the previous regulations were made.
(2B) Such a statutory instrument is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(2C) In subsection (2A) “the retail prices index” means—
(a) the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the Statistics Board, or
(b) where that index is not published for a month, any substituted index or figures published by the Board.”