Commentary on Sections

Section 13: Regulations

65.Section 13 provides that any regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under the Act are to be made by statutory instrument.

66.Subsection (2) provides that any statutory instruments made in respect of the form and manner of applications for disabled street parking orders (section 5(6)(a)) are subject to negative resolution.

67.Subsection (3) provides that any statutory instruments made in respect of the content of annual reports by the local authorities (section 11(3)) or the Scottish Ministers (section 12(3)) are subject to affirmative resolution procedures and may not be laid before a draft has been laid, and approved by, the Scottish Parliament.