1 Air Navigation (Amendment) Order
2004: unjustifiable delay in sending copies to the Committee
Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/705)
1.1 The Committee draws the special attention
of both Houses to this Order on the ground that there was an unjustifiable
delay in sending copies of it to the Committee.
1.2 This Order was laid before Parliament on 22 March
2004 and came into force on 13 April. Copies of it, however, were
not sent to the Committee until 27 May, despite the requirement
in paragraph 5.4.12 of Statutory Instrument Practice to
provide copies of an instrument to the Committee as soon as it
has been laid.
1.3 In a memorandum, printed in Appendix 1, the Department
for Transport explains that it believed that the Privy Council
Office (which was responsible for laying and registering the Order)
would also provide the copies required by the Committee even though
Table 10 in Part 7 of Statutory Instrument Practice requires
departments to do this. The Department acknowledges, and apologises
for, its error and indicates that the attention of relevant staff
has been drawn to the correct procedure.
1.4 The Committee accordingly reports the Order
for the unjustifiable delay in sending copies of it to the Committee.
