ANNEX B
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NOTES ON COMPLETING ANNEXES B AND C
ANNEX A
General
1.
Please use the pro-formas at Annex B and C for making your bids. Entries should be in note form, grouped by class of Bill (see below) and numbered in order of priority within each class. Each item should be listed on a separate form.
Class of Bill
2.
Bids
'programme'
should be classed as 'essential',
or
uncontroversial'.
descriptions below.
'contingent',
There are notes on these
Where different parts of a Bill fall into
different classes, please include brief notes on this in the
PURPOSE section.
a.
Essential. Bills may be included in this class only
if they must be enacted during the Session eg because
existing powers or finance would otherwise expire or because of treaty obligations. Please give the reason in
the PURPOSE section. In the case of Bills needed to
implement EC obligations, please indicate why the necessary
provisions are considered not suitable for enactment under secondary legislation using the European Communities Act 1972. A Bill should not be classed as essential simply
because it has high political priority; that can be made
clear in the POLITICAL ASPECTS section. A Bill which is
basically essential can sometimes include some non-
essential items too. They should be clearly distinguished, and before including them Departments should consider their
effect on the length of the Bill and the need to avoid controversial provisions which might affect the prospects of enactment by the required date.
Bill's
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