Clause 3 - Commencement

Aviation (Offences) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at on 2 April 2003.

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Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

Photo of Frank Roy Frank Roy Labour, Motherwell and Wishaw

The Clause gives a definite date from which the Act will begin to operate.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Clause

A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.

Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.

During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.

When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.

clause

A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.

Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.

During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.

When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.