Any power to make an order conferred on the chief registrar by any provision of this Act, except Schedule 3 to this Act, shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

The [1946 c. 36.] Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to orders made by the chief registrar in the exercise of any power to which subsection (1) above applies notwithstanding that he is not a Minister of the Crown.