An LCO can be proposed by the Assembly Government, an Assembly committee, or an Assembly Member.
Once approved by the Assembly, the LCO is sent to the Secretary of State to be laid before both Houses of Parliament and, if approved, made by Her Majesty in Council.
In the Assembly, the approval of an LCO involves a 2-stage process:
- Pre-legislative scrutiny of a proposed LCO by an ad-hoc LCO committee;
- Approval in plenary of a draft LCO.
