Section 16: Regulations: supplementary
- Subsection (1) provides that in sections 7, 8, 9 and 14, a power to make provision for the purpose of implementing an Article or Chapter or Part of the Withdrawal Agreement, EEA EFTA Separation Agreement, or Swiss Citizens’ Rights Agreement includes a power to make provision to supplement the effect of sections 7A and 7B of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in relation to that Article, Chapter, or Part.
- Subsection (2) states that the conferral of a power on a Minister of the Crown in sections 7, 8, 9 or 11 does not affect the extent of any power of a devolved authority under sections 12, 13 or 14 which overlaps with a power under sections 7, 8, 9, or 11 by virtue of section 17(4).
- Subsection (3) states that regulations made under the citizens’ rights provisions may not provide for the conferral of functions or the delegation of functions to a person who is not a public authority.
- Subsection (4) defines a public authority under subsection (3) as a person carrying out functions of a public nature.
