European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003

18 Section 17: supplementary

(1) This section applies to regulations under section 17.

(2) The power to make such regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3) Such regulations may—

(a) make consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;

(b) make provision extending or applying to (or extending or applying only to) Gibraltar or any part of the United Kingdom; and

(c) modify, exclude or apply (with or without modifications) any enactment.

(4) Such regulations may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to any regulations if it appears to the Lord Chancellor that by reason of urgency the regulations should be made without being approved in draft.

(6) Where regulations are made without being approved in draft, by virtue of subsection (5)—

(a) the regulations must be laid before Parliament after being made; and

(b) if the regulations are not approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament within the period of 40 days after the date on which they are made, the regulations shall cease to have effect at the end of that period.