Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

146 Orders and regulations

(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make orders or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) Any such power includes power to make—

(a) such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Scottish Ministers think necessary or expedient,

(b) different provision for different purposes.

(3) An order under section 145 may modify any enactment (including this Act), instrument or document.

(4) A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Act except—

(a) an order under section 65(4), 123(6) or 150(2),

(b) regulations under section 27(2) or 139(3), and

(c) where subsection (5) applies, an order under section 145,

is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

(5) No—

(a) order under section 65(4) or 123(6),

(b) regulations under section 27(2) or 139(3), or

(c) order under section 145 containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act,

is to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order or regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.