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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.
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