Power to amend Parts 1 and 2
16.—(1) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make such amendments of Part 1 or 2 of this Schedule as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(2) Any order under sub-paragraph (1) may not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(3) The Secretary of State may make an order under sub-paragraph (1) either—
(a)where the order gives effect to a recommendation of the Commission, or
(b)after consultation with the Commission.
(4) For the purposes of section 1 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946(1) (definition of “Statutory Instrument”), the power to make an order which is conferred by sub-paragraph (1) is to be taken to be conferred by an Act of Parliament.
1946 9&10 Geo.6 (c.36).