Children and Social Work Act 2017

Part 3 General

65 Power to make transitional provision

The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

66 Power to make consequential provision

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any provision made by this Act.

(2) Regulations under this section may amend, repeal or revoke any provision made by or under an Act passed before this Act or in the same Session.

(3) Regulations under this section that repeal or amend a provision of an Act are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

(4) Any other regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.

67 Regulations: general

(1) Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.

(2) Regulations under this Act may make—

(a) consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;

(b) different provision for different purposes.

(3) This section does not apply to regulations under section 70.

68 Affirmative and negative resolution procedures

(1) Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the negative resolution procedure” the statutory instrument containing the regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2) Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the affirmative resolution procedure” the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(3) Any provision that may be included in an instrument under this Act subject to the negative resolution procedure may be made by regulations subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

69 Extent

(1) Section 10 and paragraphs 2, 4, 5 and 14 of Schedule 1 extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

(2) Except as mentioned in subsection (1), any amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.

(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), Parts 1 and 2 extend to England and Wales only.

(4) This Part extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

70 Commencement

(1) The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) section 10 and Schedule 1;

(b) this Part.

(2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.

(3) Different days may be appointed for different purposes.

71 Short title

(1) This Act may be cited as the Children and Social Work Act 2017.