Other miscellaneous provisions

13Power to amend this Act

(1)The Secretary of State may by order make such additions to, omissions from or other modifications to this Act as he considers necessary or desirable to give effect to any amendment of the Treaty made in pursuance of its provisions.

(2)The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3)Where an order under this section modifies this Act solely to give effect to an amendment or amendments made in accordance with Article VII(8) of the Treaty, the instrument containing the order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)In any other case, the order shall not be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

(5)In this section “the Treaty” has the meaning given in section 4.