§ CV.—(1) Where, under any Act of Parliament, a statutory instrument is required to be laid before Parliament, the deposit of a copy of the instrument in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments in accordance with this Order at any time during the existence of a Parliament when the House is not sitting for public business shall be deemed to be for all purposes the laying of it before the House:
§ Provided that nothing in this Order shall apply to any statutory instrument being an order which is subject to special Parliamentary procedure or to any other instrument which is required to be laid before Parliament for any period before it comes into operation.
§ (2) For the purposes of this Order, a statutory instrument may be deposited on any day except a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday between eleven and one of the clock on a Saturday or eleven and five of the clock on any other weekday.
§ (3) The Clerk of the Parliaments shall cause to be published, either in the Minutes of Proceedings or in some other manner, particulars of the deposit of statutory instruments under this Standing Order.