Part 5

General

Orders and regulations
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1
A power in this Act to make an order or regulations must be exercised by statutory instrument.
2
But a statutory instrument must not be made unless a draft of the order or regulations (as the case may be) has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
3
An order or regulations—
a
may contain such consequential, incidental, supplementary or transitional provision or savings (including provision amending, repealing or revoking enactments) as the person making the order or regulations thinks appropriate;
b
may make different provision for different purposes.
4
If a draft of an instrument to which subsection (5) applies would apart from this section be treated for the purposes of the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument it must proceed in that House as if it were not such an instrument.
5
This subsection applies to an instrument made under—
a
Part 1 of this Act;
b
section 17 of this Act;
c
section 129(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) to the extent that it is made for the purpose of a referendum held in pursuance of an order under section 1 of this Act.