Section 200(4)

In any other case the following procedure applies— In reckoning the period of 40 days no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days. if, within the period of 40 days beginning with the day on which the draft is laid before Parliament, (or, if copies are laid before the two Houses on different days, with the later of the two days) either House so resolves, no further proceedings shall be taken thereon, but without prejudice to the laying before Parliament of a new draft; if no such resolution is passed, ACAS shall issue the Code in the form of the draft.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04