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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/45/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/45/1" id="section-45-1">
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<Text>A power to make regulations conferred by this Act includes the power to make different provision for different purposes and areas.</Text>
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<Text>Regulations under the following provisions are subject to the affirmative procedure: <InternalLink Ref="section-23" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/23" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/23">sections 23</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-23-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/23/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/23/1">(1)</InternalLink> (see also sections <InternalLink Ref="section-23" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/23" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/23">23</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-23-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/23/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/23/3">(3)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="section-46" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/46" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/46">46</InternalLink>) and <InternalLink Ref="section-24" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/24" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/24">24</InternalLink> (see also sections <InternalLink Ref="section-24" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/24" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/24">24</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-24-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/24/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/24/3">(3)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="section-46" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/46" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/46">46</InternalLink>) and, in <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2">schedule 2</InternalLink>, paragraphs <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4">4</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-4-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4/3">(3)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-17" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17">17</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-17-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17/5" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17/5">(5)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-19" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19">19</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-19-8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8">(8)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-19-8-a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8/a" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8/a">(a)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-53" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/53" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/53">53</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-53-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/53/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/53/4">(4)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-62" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/62" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/62">62</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-62-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/62/5" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/62/5">(5)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-63" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/63" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/63">63</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-63-7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/63/7" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/63/7">(7)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-64" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/64" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/64">64</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-64-9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/64/9" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/64/9">(9)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-69" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/69" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/69">69</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-69-8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/69/8" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/69/8">(8)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-72" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/72" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/72">72</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-72-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/72/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/72/1">(1)</InternalLink>.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under the following provisions are subject to the negative procedure: <InternalLink Ref="section-11" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/11" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/11">section 11</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-11-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/11/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/11/3">(3)</InternalLink> and, in <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2">schedule 2</InternalLink>, paragraphs <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15">15</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-15-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15/3">(3)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-15-3-a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15/3/a" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15/3/a">(a)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-15-3-c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15/3/c" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/15/3/c">(c)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-17" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17">17</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-17-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17/4">(4)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-17-4-b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17/4/b" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/17/4/b">(b)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-19" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19">19</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-19-8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8">(8)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-19-8-b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8/b" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/19/8/b">(b)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-49" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/49" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/49">49</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-49-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/49/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/49/3">(3)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-50" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/50" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/50">50</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-50-6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/50/6" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/50/6">(6)</InternalLink>, <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-58" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/58" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/58">58</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-58-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/58/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/58/2">(2)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-58-6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/58/6" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/58/6">(6)</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-61" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/61" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/61">61</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-61-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/61/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/61/4">(4)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-61-4-b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/61/4/b" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/61/4/b">(b)</InternalLink>.</Text>
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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/45/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/45/4" id="section-45-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-44" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/44" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/44">section 44</InternalLink>—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/45/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/45/4/a" id="section-45-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act, but</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/45/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/15/section/45/4/b" id="section-45-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>otherwise, are subject to the negative procedure.</Text>
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