COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 182- Guidance
277.The Act provides that licensing authorities must have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State in formulating their framework policy documents and in discharging their other functions under the Act. This section provides for the issue and revision of this guidance and its publication and requires the Secretary of State in the case of the initial guidance to issue it only after it has been approved in draft form by resolution of each House of Parliament. Revisions of the guidance come into force when laid before Parliament. However, they can be prayed against within 40 days and if disapproved a further revision would have to be laid under the same procedure. In the meantime the revised guidance retains full force and effect pending the laying of the further revision.