Children and Social Work Act 2017

Regulations under Part 2

57 Conferral of functions and sub-delegation

(1) Regulations under this Part may be used to confer functions on the regulator or a Minister of the Crown.

(2) Regulations under this Part may confer discretions on the regulator or a Minister of the Crown.

(3) Regulations under this Part may—

(a) confer power on the regulator to make rules;

(b) make provision in connection with the procedure for making those rules (including provision requiring the regulator to obtain the Secretary of State’s approval before making rules of a specified description).

(4) The provision that may be made in regulations under this Part by virtue of section 67 includes, in particular, provision amending, repealing or revoking any provision made by or under an Act or any other instrument or document (whenever passed or made).

58 Consultation

(1) Before making regulations under this Part the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation.

(2) Where the Secretary of State lays a draft of an instrument containing regulations under this Part before Parliament, it must be accompanied by a report by the Secretary of State about the consultation.

(3) The duties imposed by subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to regulations under section 36 (renaming of Social Work England).

(4) The duties imposed by subsections (1) and (2) do not apply where the regulations amend other regulations and, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, they do not make any substantial change.

59 Parliamentary procedure for regulations under Part 2

(1) Regulations under section 36 (renaming of Social Work England) are subject to the negative resolution procedure.

(2) Any other regulations under this Part are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.