Made negative Laid before the House of Commons
1 January 1948 -
Instruments subject to the made negative procedure do not require approval in Parliament before becoming law. These instruments may come into force on any date after being laid. Instruments concerning taxation are not laid in the Lords. Either House may pass a motion within the objection period which annuls the instrument and stops it having effect.
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Laying before the House of Commons is the formal registration of a paper. Papers include, but are not limited to, statutory instruments, proposed negative statutory instruments and treaties. Most papers are laid before both Houses, while some, to do with financial/tax matters, are laid before the House of Commons only.
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