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(3) If paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 (duty to lay report) is not complied with, the appropriate Minister who should have complied with that provision must publish a written statement explaining why that Minister failed to comply with it.
(4) Subsection (5) applies where paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 applies and -
(a) a statutory instrument containing the regulations concerned, or
(b) a draft of such an instrument,
is laid before the House of Commons and House of Lords on different days.
(5) Where this subsection applies, paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 is to be read as requiring the laying of a copy of the report to which that provision relates -
(a) before the House of Commons at the time the instrument or draft mentioned in subsection (4) is laid before the House of Commons, and
(b) before the House of Lords at the time that instrument or draft is laid before the House of Lords.