Explanatory Notes

Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 9

9 March 2016

Commentary on Parts

Part 8 – Final Provisions

Section 43 - Ancillary provision

127.This section gives the Scottish Ministers a freestanding regulation-making power to make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision that they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the Act. Such regulations may modify any enactment (including in the Act itself). Regulations under this section which amend the text of primary legislation will be subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 42(2)(i)). Otherwise they will be subject to the negative procedure (see section 42(3)).