Social Security Act 1989

27In section 61 of that Act (consultations about subordinate legislation) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following—

(3)Where the Secretary of State has referred proposals to the Committee, the Council or the Board, he may make the proposed regulations before they have made their report, or, in the case of the Council, given their advice, only if after the reference it appears to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is expedient to do so.