HL Deb 07 November 1995 vol 566 cc197-8WA
Lord Denning

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Answers of the Baroness Blatch on 23 and 25 October 1995, whether the regulations referred to in the said Answers were printed and published by the government printer in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3, subsection 2, of the said schedule and the provisions of the Documentary Evidence Acts 1868 and 1882 referred to in the said schedule and whether, in the absence of such printing, any such regulations are not admissible in evidence and are null and void.

Baroness Blatch

The Charities Act 1993 does not require the Commission to regulate their business by means of regulations printed or published by the government printer.

The Documentary Evidence Acts 1868 and 1882 do not require regulations to be printed or published by the government printer nor do they contain any provision making such regulations null and void or inadmissible in evidence if they are not so printed and published.