Long title | An Act to make provision in relation to the Law Commission. |
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Citation | 2009 c 14 |
Introduced by | Lord Lloyd of Berwick [2] |
Territorial extent | United Kingdom [3] |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 12 November 2009 |
Commencement | 12 January 2010 [4] |
History of passage through Parliament | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Law Commission Act 2009 (c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends the Law Commissions Act 1965. Its purpose is to compel the Government to provide, through the Lord Chancellor, the reasoning for any decision that it makes not to implement any proposal of the Law Commission. Lord Kingsland described this as forcing the Government to "put up or shut up about Law Commission proposals". [5]
This section inserted a new section 3A into the Law Commissions Act 1965.
This section inserted a new section 3B into the Law Commissions Act 1965.
Section 3(1) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months. [6] The day (that is to say, 12 November 2009) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months. [7] This means that the Act came into force on 12 January 2010.
Section 3(2) authorises the citation of the Act by a short title.
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