Part 7General

59Regulations or orders

(1)

Any power conferred by this Act on the Scottish Ministers to make regulations or orders—

(a)

must be exercised by statutory instrument;

(b)

may be exercised so as to make different provision for different purposes.

(2)

A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made under this Act (except an order under section 62(2)) is, subject to subsection (3), subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.

(3)

A statutory instrument containing—

(a)

regulations under section 55 or an order under section 58 containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act;

(b)

regulations under section 17(3), (4) or (5),

is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.