Final provisions

51Regulations

(1)

Regulations under any provision of this Act may make—

(a)

consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, or saving provision;

(b)

different provision for different purposes or areas.

(2)

Regulations under this Act made by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers are to be made by statutory instrument.

(3)

Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the negative resolution procedure” and are made —

(a)

by the Secretary of State, the statutory instrument containing them is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

(b)

by the Scottish Ministers, they are subject to the negative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10));

(c)

by the Welsh Ministers, they are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru;

(d)

by the Northern Ireland department, the instrument containing them is subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954).

(4)

Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the affirmative resolution procedure” and are made—

(a)

by the Secretary of State, they may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;

(b)

by the Scottish Ministers, they are subject to the affirmative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10));

(c)

by the Welsh Ministers, they may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru;

(d)

by the Northern Ireland department, they may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(5)

Any provision that may be made by regulations under this Act subject to the negative resolution procedure may be made by regulations subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

(6)

This section does not apply to regulations under section 54.