Schedule 5: Regulation made under this Act Sifting – regulations to be made by a Minister of the Crown
Paragraph 8 applies to regulations to be made by a Minister of the Crown under section 31, within two years from IP completion day, where it is proposed that those regulations should be made under the negative procedure.
	In these cases the Minister must (a) make a statement in writing setting out that in their opinion the negative procedure is appropriate and (b) lay a copy of that statement and the reasons for it, along with a draft of the instrument, before Parliament. The Minister may not then make the negative instrument until either of the relevant Parliamentary committees have made a recommendation on the appropriate procedure for an instrument, or the relevant time period for them doing so has expired. Sub-paragraph (10) sets out the definition of "the relevant period" for these purposes.
	Where either committee recommends that the affirmative procedure is followed the instrument must either (a) be made following an affirmative procedure or (b) the Minister must make a statement explaining why they disagree with the committee’s recommendations prior to making the instrument by the negative procedure.
	There is an exception to following the sifting procedure that can be used in certain urgent cases contained in paragraph 14(8) of the Schedule (as described below).