20 Treaties to be laid before Parliament before ratification
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (2010 c 25) | Legislation

Part 2 Ratification of Treaties

20  Treaties to be laid before Parliament before ratification

(1)     Subject to what follows, a treaty is not to be ratified unless—

(a)     a Minister of the Crown has laid before Parliament a copy of the treaty,

(b)     the treaty has been published in a way that a Minister of the Crown thinks appropriate, and

(c)     period A has expired without either House having resolved, within period A,

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