Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007

79 Regulations or orders

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

(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 made under section 26(1) or 82(2)) is, subject to subsection (3), subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.

(3) A statutory instrument containing—

(a) an order under section 10(7) or 24(8);

(b) regulations under section 41(1);

(c) an order under—

(i) section 78(1) containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act;

(ii) paragraph 2(7) of schedule 1,

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