London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006

26 Section 25: supplemental U.K.

(1) Regulations under section 25—

(a) may, to a specified extent or for specified purposes, disapply or modify specified enactments relating to trading (which may include enactments conferring rights to conduct a fair or market),

(b) may apply (with or without modifications) or make provision similar to any enactment F1 ...,

(c) may provide for exceptions which may be expressed by reference to the nature of trading, its circumstances, the application of profits or any other matter (which may include the consent of a specified person),

(d) may make provision which applies generally or only for specified purposes or in specified circumstances, and

(e) may make different provision for different purposes or circumstances.

(2) Regulations under section 25—

(a) shall be made by statutory instrument, and

(b) may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

[F2 (2A) But if, in relation to regulations under section 25 other than the first regulations, the Secretary of State considers that by reason of urgency it is necessary that they be made without being approved in draft—

(a) subsection (2)(b) does not apply to the regulations, and

(b) the regulations are instead subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

(3) Before making regulations under section 25 the Secretary of State F3 ... shall consult—

(a) such authorities, with responsibilities for the licensing of trading in respect of places to which the regulations apply or may apply, as he thinks appropriate,

(b) such persons, who appear to the Secretary of State F3 ... to represent interests likely to be affected by the regulations, as he thinks appropriate,

F4 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) the London Organising Committee.

(4) Regulations under section 25 shall have effect despite any licence granted (whether before or after the commencement of the regulations)—

(a) by any landowner, local authority or other person, or

(b) by or by virtue of any enactment, Charter or other document.

(5) If regulations under section 25 would be treated as a hybrid instrument for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament, they shall proceed in that House as if they were not a hybrid instrument.

(6) In section 25 and this section “licence” includes any kind of consent, certificate, permission or authority (by whatever name).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 26(1)(b) omitted (2.12.2014) by virtue of The Olympic Delivery Authority (Dissolution) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3184), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(a)

F2 S. 26(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) (14.2.2012) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Act 2011 (c. 22), ss. 2(3), 10(1)

F3 Words in s. 26 omitted (7.7.2010) by virtue of Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1551), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 8(1)(j)

F4 S. 26(3)(c) omitted (2.12.2014) by virtue of The Olympic Delivery Authority (Dissolution) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3184), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 26 in force at 30.5.2006 for E.W.N.I. by S.I. 2006/1118, art. 3(1)

I2 S. 26 in force at 31.12.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/611, art. 2