Part 4

General

Orders and regulations
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1
Any order or regulations under this Act must be made by statutory instrument.
2
Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order or regulations under this Act includes power to make different provision for different purposes or cases.
3
Before the Secretary of State makes any regulations by virtue of—
a
section 15(5), or
b
section 18(9),
he must consult such persons as he considers appropriate.
4
Subsection (3) does not apply—
a
to regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating other regulations revoked by them,
b
in a case where it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of urgency consultation is inexpedient,
c
to regulations made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the provision mentioned in subsection (3) by virtue of which the regulations are made, or
d
to regulations which—
i
state that they are consequential upon a specified enactment, and
ii
are made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that enactment.
5
In subsection (4)
“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation.