UK Borders Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 20 March 2007.
Border and Immigration Inspectorate: Prescribed matters
‘(1) In sections [Border and Immigration Inspectorate: Establishment] to [Border and Immigration Inspectorate: Relationship with other bodies: non-interference notices] “prescribed” means prescribed by order of the Secretary of State.
(2) An order under any of those sections—
(a) may make provision generally or only for specified purposes,
(b) may make different provision for different purposes, and
(c) may include incidental or transitional provision.
(3) An order under any of those sections prescribing a person may specify—
(a) one or more persons, or
(b) a class of person.
(4) An order under any of those sections—
(a) shall be made by statutory instrument, and
(b) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.’.—[Mr. Byrne.]
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.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
