2For subsection (2) of section 141 of the Social Security Act 1975 there is substituted the following subsection—
“(2)Where the Secretary of State proposes to make regulations relating only to industrial injuries benefit or its administration, other than regulations specified in Part II of Schedule 16, he shall refer the proposals, in the form of draft regulations or otherwise, to the Council for consideration and advice unless—
(a)it appears to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to do so ; or
(b)the Council has agreed that the proposals should not be referred to it. "”