Part 3General

44Orders and regulations

1

Any power of the Secretary of State F2or the Department of Justice to make orders or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).

2

Orders or regulations under this Act—

a

may make different provision for different purposes;

b

may include supplementary, incidental, saving or transitional provisions.

3

No order may be made under section F6... 23(7) unless a draft of the statutory rule containing the order to be made has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

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5

A statutory rule made F3by the Secretary of State under this Act (other than one containing an order under section F4... 23(7), 26(4) F7... or 42(6)) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies accordingly.

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An order or regulations made by the Department of Justice under this Act F8(other than an order under section 41(2)) shall be subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954).

45Repeals and revocations

Schedule 4 contains repeals and revocations.

46Extent

This Act extends to Northern Ireland only.

47Short title

This Act may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003.