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Legislation and statutory interpretation.

Module B: Making legislation.

Chapter 3: Legislative process.

Stages of the legislative process
The legislative process is part of the second stage of the policy process (i.e. formulation) and ends before implementation.


 * 1) Presentation of a Bill in the legislature
 * 2) Committee stage
 * 3) Parliamentary deliberations
 * 4) [Second chamber deliberations]
 * 5) Assent

Pre-legislative consultation and scrutiny
The green paper is for consultation, the white paper for proposal. Germany has research papers before these.

A Draft Bill is a Bill that is published to enable consultation and prelegislative scrutiny before a Bill is formally introduced into either the House of Commons or House of Lords.

Travaux préparatoires
Civil law jurisdictions attach travaux préparatoires to the final draft. In common law jurisdictions there may be explanatory notes, or formerly ‘explanatory memorandum’; in addition there may be Regulatory Impact Assessment checklists.