Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005

22Orders

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(1)Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make orders 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 consider necessary or expedient; and

(b)different provision for different purposes.

(3)A statutory instrument containing an order under this Act except—

(a)where subsection (4) applies, an order under section 23; or

(b)an order under section 26,

is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.

(4)No order under section 23 which amends 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.