Part 7General

59Regulations or orders

1

Any power conferred by this Act on the Scottish Ministers to make regulations or orders—

a

must be exercised by statutory instrument;

b

may be exercised so as to make different provision for different purposes.

2

A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made under this Act (except an order under section 62(2)) is, subject to subsection (3), subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.

3

A statutory instrument containing—

a

regulations under section 55 or an order under section 58 containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act;

F3aa

regulations under section 2D(1);

F1ab

regulations under section 6D(5);

F4ac

regulations under section 10C(1);

F2ad

regulations under section 16B(1) or 16C(1);

F5ae

regulations under section 16J(8);

b

regulations under section 17(3), (4) or (5),

is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.