16.—(1) The Department may by order make such transitional or transitory provisions and savings as it considers appropriate in connection with the coming into operation of any provision of this Act.
(2) Nothing in section 3 restricts the power under subsection (1) to make other transitional provisions.
(3) The Department may by order make such supplementary, incidental, or consequential provision as it considers appropriate for the purposes of, in consequence of or for giving full effect to any provision of this Act.
(4) An order under subsection (1) or (3) may modify any statutory provision.
(5) In subsection (4)—
“modify” includes add to, omit and amend; and
“statutory provision” has the meaning given in section 1(1)(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).
(6) An order made under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.