NOTES ON COMPLETING ANNEXES B AND C
ANNEX A
ANNEX B
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 should be classed as
'programme' or uncontroversial'. descriptions below.
different classes,
PURPOSE section.
'essential', 'contingent',
·
There are notes on these
Where different parts of a Bill fall into
please include brief notes on this in the
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.
In the
Please give the reason in the PURPOSE
section.
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
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 Bill's prospects of enactment by the required date.
b. Contingent. These are Bills which might during the
relevant Session become essential as defined above, for example if a pending court judgement were to put important
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