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Adoption and Children Act 2002
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(1)Any power to make subordinate legislation conferred by this Act on the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Assembly or the Registrar General is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2)A statutory instrument containing subordinate legislation made under any provision of this Act (other than section 14 or 148 or an instrument to which subsection (3) applies) is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(3)A statutory instrument containing subordinate legislation—
(a)under section 9 which includes provision made by virtue of section 45(2),
(b)under section 92(6), 94 or 123(6), or
(c)which adds to, replaces or omits any part of the text of an Act,
is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(4)Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an Order in Council or to subordinate legislation made—
(a)by the Scottish Ministers, or
(b)by the Assembly, unless made jointly by the Secretary of State and the Assembly.
(5)A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 63(2) made by the Scottish Ministers is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(6)The power of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to make regulations under section 63(2) is to be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/ 1573 (N.I. 12)); and any such regulations are to be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.)) as if they were statutory instruments within the meaning of that Act.
(7)Subordinate legislation made under this Act may make different provision for different purposes.
(8)A power to make subordinate legislation under this Act (as well as being exercisable in relation to all cases to which it extends) may be exercised in relation to—
(a)those cases subject to specified exceptions, or
(b)a particular case or class of case.
(9)In this section, “subordinate legislation” does not include a direction.
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