1 S.I.
2011/1984 and S.I. 2011/1985: Reported for not being made in a
single instrument
European Union Act 2011 (Commencement No.1)
Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1984) and European Union Act 2011 (Commencement
No.2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1985)
1.1 The Committee draws the special attention
of both Houses to these Orders on the ground that their provisions
should have been combined in a single instrument.
1.2 Each of these Orders consists of a preamble
taking up two lines, an article 1 which, with its heading, takes
up four lines, and an article 2 which, with its heading, takes
up four lines, bringing into force (in the case of S.I. 2011/1984)
Part 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the European Union Act 2011 on 19
August 2011 and (in the case of S.I. 2011/1985) the remaining
provisions of that Act on 19 September 2011. The Orders were both
made on the same day by the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs. The price of each Order to a purchaser is
£4. Had there instead been a single Order with article 2
of S.I. 2011/1985 appearing as article 3, the Order would have
still had a retail price of £4.
1.3 In a memorandum printed at Appendix 1, the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office accepts that it would have been
possible for the two Orders to be combined in one instrument so
as to halve the cost to the purchaser, and undertakes to ensure
that consideration will be given to the possible cost to the public
when determining arrangements for commencement of legislation.
1.4 The Committee accordingly reports these
Orders on the ground that their provisions should have been incorporated
in a single instrument.
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