Part X Miscellaneous and general

Supplementary

156 Orders and regulations.

1

Any power of the Secretary of State to make any order or regulations under this Act shall be exercised by statutory instrument.

2

Subject to F10subsections (3) to (4A) , a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

3

Subsection (2) does not apply to—

a

any order under F8... 163(2) or paragraph 14(7) of Schedule 1; or

b

any order made in pursuance of section 155(2)(a).

4

Subsection (2) also does not apply to any order under—

F7a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

section 51(4),

c

section 67(1),

F5ca

any provision of Chapter 6 of Part 4;

d

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1da

section 71F(13),

db

section 71H(4),

dc

section 71U(1),

F6dd

any provision of Chapter 2 of Part 4A,

e

section 101(4),

f

section 108(3),

g

section 109(6),

h

section 129,

F2ha

paragraph 9 of Schedule 6A,

i

paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 7,

F3ia

paragraph 2(9) or 4(4) of Schedule 7A,

j

paragraph 4 of Schedule 8,

k

paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 11,

l

paragraph 4 of Schedule 13,

m

paragraph 2 of Schedule 14, or

n

paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 15;

and no such order shall be made (whether alone or with other provisions) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

F94A

An order under paragraph 16 of Schedule 19C that contains—

a

provision made by virtue of paragraph 1(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), paragraph 5(1), (2), (3) or (4), paragraph 10(2)(b) or (3)(b) or paragraph 15(1)(a) of that Schedule, or

b

provision amending an Act,

shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament; and subsection (2) does not apply to such an order.

5

Any order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act may—

a

contain such consequential, incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions or savings (including provisions amending, repealing or revoking enactments) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and

b

make different provision for different cases.

6

Nothing in this Act shall be read as affecting the generality of subsection (5) (including that subsection as applied by section 19(9)).

7

Paragraphs 21 to 23 of Schedule 1 contain provisions relating to regulations made by the Commission.