Legislation Process

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Law Mind Map on Legislation Process, created by lauren.pastor201 on 06/05/2013.
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Legislation Process
  1. Bills
    1. Public Bills
      1. Effect the whole country or a large selection of it.
      2. Private Bills
        1. affects individual people of a corporation
        2. Private Member
          1. Sponsored by individual MPs
        3. The Process
          1. Green Paper
            1. Consultation document on possible new law
            2. White Paper
              1. Government's firm proposal for new law
              2. First reading
                1. Formal introduction of the Bill into the HOC
                2. Second reading
                  1. Main debate on Bill's principle
                  2. Committee Stage
                    1. clause by clause consideration of the Bill by a select committee around 16 - 30 MPs
                    2. Report stage
                      1. committee reports suggesed amendments back to the HOC
                      2. Third reading
                        1. Final Debate on the Bill
                        2. Repeat in HOL
                          1. Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949
                          2. Royal Assent
                            1. a formality - normally an Act of Parliament will come into force at midnight afte recieving the Royal Assent or on some previously decided date
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