(1)Any power of the Secretary of State, F1..., the Scottish Ministers or a Northern Ireland department to make an order under this Act includes power to make any appropriate incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provision or savings.
(2)Any power of the Secretary of State, F1... or the Scottish Ministers to make an order under this Act, and any power of the Registrar General for England and Wales or the Registrar General for Scotland to make regulations under this Act, is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(3)No order may be made under section 2 F2... unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(4)A statutory instrument containing an order made by the Secretary of State under section 7, 22 or 23 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)A statutory instrument containing an order made by the Scottish Ministers under section [F33D(6)(b),] 22 or 23 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
[F4(5A)Regulations made by the Registrar General for Scotland under paragraph 20A of Schedule 3 are subject to the negative procedure.
(5B)An order under section 3C(5)(b)(ii) F5... is subject to the affirmative procedure.]
(6)Any power of a Northern Ireland department to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
(7)Orders and regulations made by a Northern Ireland department under this Act are subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.))).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 24(1)(2) repealed (8.1.2007) by Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), ss. 30, 33, Sch. (with s. 30(2)-(5))
F2Words in s. 24(3) repealed (8.1.2007) by Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), ss. 30, 33, Sch. (with s. 30(2)-(5))
F3Word in s. 24(5) inserted (S.) (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), s. 36, Sch. 2 para. 19(3)(a); S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch.
F4S. 24(5A)(5B) inserted (S.) (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), s. 36, Sch. 2 para. 19(3)(b); S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch.
F5Words in s. 24(5B) repealed (S.) (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(17); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)