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(1)Any power under this Act to make regulations, apart from the power of the Electoral Commission under paragraph 16(10) of Schedule 3, is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), a statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(3)Subsection (2) does not apply to a statutory instrument containing only regulations within subsection (4).
(4)Regulations within this subsection are any of the following—
(a)regulations under section 13;
(b)regulations made by the Minister under paragraph 16 of Schedule 3.
(5)Regulations under this Act, other than regulations under section 13 or paragraph 16 of Schedule 3, may contain supplemental, consequential, incidental, transitional or saving provision.
(6)Section 26 of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (power to prescribe Welsh forms) applies in relation to regulations under this Act as it applies in relation to Acts of Parliament.
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