(1)Any power of—
(a)the Lord Chancellor,
(b)the Secretary of State, or
(c)the First Minister and deputy First Minister [F1or the [F2Department of Justice]],
to make an order or a scheme (or alterations to a scheme) under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
[F3(1A)No order containing (whether or not together with other provision) provision made by virtue of section 2(2)(b)[F4, 9(4)], 19(4)(b), 46(6)(a) or (b) or 72(1), (3), (7) or (8) shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(1B)Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (1A) in relation to the laying of a draft as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.]
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(3)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)No order containing (whether or not together with other provision) provision made by virtue of [F6section 78] shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(5)The following instruments—
(a)an order under section [F72(2)(a) or (c),][F85A(6),] 10(4), 12(3), 19(4)(a) or (c), F9... 46(6)(c), 63(2), 72(2) or 85(2), Schedule 4 or paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 8, and
(b)a scheme (or alterations to a scheme) under section 68 [F10or 69A],
shall, unless a draft has been approved by a resolution of [F11the Northern Ireland Assembly, be subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954)].
[F12(6)An order under section 28(2) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in the same manner as a statutory instrument; and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies accordingly.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 90(1)(c) inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 34(2) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F2Words in s. 90(1)(c) substituted (N.I.) (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 14(4); S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)
F3S. 90(1A)(1B) substituted for s. 90(1A) (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 23(a) (with arts. 28-31)
F4Word in s. 90(1A) repealed (N.I.) (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 119(2), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F5S. 90(2)(3) repealed (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 18, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) {Sch. 4}; S.R. 2005/282, art. 3
F6Words in s. 90(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 23(b) (with arts. 28-31)
F7Words in s. 90(5)(a) inserted (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(4); S.R. 2005/282, art. 3
F8Words in s. 90(5)(a) inserted (19.9.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 61, 148; S.I. 2007/2709, art. 2
F9Word in s. 90(5)(a) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 23(c)(i) (with arts. 28-31)
F10Words in s. 90(5)(b) inserted (N.I.) (14.12.2008) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 46(4), 60; S.I. 2008/3065, art. 2
F11Words in s. 90(5) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 23(c)(ii) (with arts. 28-31)
F12S. 90(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 23(d) (with arts. 28-31)