Orders and regulations
Section 96 – Orders and regulations
253.This section provides that orders and regulations under the Act must be made by statutory instrument but that orders and regulations are interchangeable. It also makes general provision which allows such subordinate legislation to make different provision for different cases or circumstances and to include supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional and saving provisions.
Section 97 – Orders and regulations: affirmative and negative resolution procedure
254.This section describes what is meant by the affirmative and negative resolution procedures. It also allows statutory instruments made under the Act to be subject to a Parliamentary procedure offering a higher level of scrutiny than that provided for in the Act.
