Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008

71Orders and regulations

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(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, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Scottish Ministers think necessary or expedient,

(b)different provision for different purposes.

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

(a)an order under section 70(2), 76(1) or paragraph 2(5) of schedule 3, and

(b)where subsection (4) applies, an order under section 74(1),

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

(4)No—

(a)order under paragraph 2(5) of schedule 3, or

(b)order under section 74(1) 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 resolution of, the Parliament.