Part 5General
Orders and regulations
54Orders and regulations
1
Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make orders or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.
2
Any such power includes power to make—
a
such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Scottish Ministers think necessary or expedient,
b
different provision for different purposes and different areas,
c
provision for the delegation of functions.
3
An order under section 57 may modify any enactment, instrument or document.
4
The fact that a power to make orders or regulations is conferred by this Act does not prejudice the extent of any other such power.
5
A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Act (except section 59 and, where subsection (6) applies, section 1(5) or 57) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.
6
No order under section 1(5) or 57 containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act is to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Parliament.