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(1)Any power of the Secretary of State to make regulations or orders under this Act, except the power conferred by sections 2(1)(a), 181 and 192 shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(1A)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)Where a power to make regulations or orders F2. . . is exercisable by the Secretary of State F3. . . by virtue of this Act, regulations or orders F2. . . made in the exercise of that power may—
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(c)contain such transitional provisions as the [F4Secretary of State] thinks fit.
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F1S. 182(1A) omitted (1.9.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1835), arts. 1, 4(1), Sch. 1 para. 7(a) (with Sch. 4)
F2Words in s. 182(2) omitted (1.9.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1835), arts. 1, 4(1), Sch. 1 para. 7(b)(i) (with Sch. 4)
F3Words in s. 182(2) omitted (1.9.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1835), arts. 1, 4(1), Sch. 1 para. 7(b)(ii) (with Sch. 4)
F4Words in s. 182(2)(c) substituted (1.9.2009) by The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1835), arts. 1, 4(1), Sch. 1 para. 7(b)(iii) (with Sch. 4)
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