Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

191 Orders and regulations

(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers under this Act to make orders or regulations 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) Unless contrary provision is made in subsections (4) to (6), a statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

(4) No order—

(a) under section 126(2) or 127(1), or

(b) under section 190(1) 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 has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

(5) Regulations under section 73(3), 77(1), 79(6), 91(5), 99(2), 104(1), 105, 111(4) or 121(1) are not to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

(6) Subsection (3) does not apply to any statutory instrument containing an order under section 195(3) (commencement orders).