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An Act to repeal the Rules Publication Act 1893, and to make further provision as to the instruments by which statutory powers to make orders, rules, regulations and other subordinate legislation are exercised.
[26th March 1946]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act applied, and power to apply Act conferred, by enactments listed in Chronological Table of the Statutes; excluded by Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 13), s. 15 and Cathedrals Measure 1976 (No. 1), s. 4(3)
C2Act extended by Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1), s. 52(1)
C3Act extended (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 (No. 2, SIF 21:1), ss. 2(4), 5(5), 6(5), Sch. 1 para. 5
C4Act applied (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), ss. 35(1), 38(6)
C5Act applied (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), ss. 1, 35(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(3)
C6Act applied by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 1, 54(3)(a)(5), 119(5), Sch. 1 para. 12
C7Act applied by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 140, Sch. 11 para. 45(1)
C8Act applied by S.I. 1987/470, art. 3(4)
C9Act applied by S.I. 1988/1988 (N.I. 21), art. 8(3)
C10Act applied (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988 (No. 1, SIF 21:1), s. 4(6)
C11Act applied (E.W.S.) by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), ss. 1(5), 112(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(2), Sch. 17 para. 35(1)
C12Act applied by S.I. 1990/2595, art. 3(4)
Commencement Information
I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 10(1); Act wholly in force at 1.1.1948
An Act to repeal the Rules Publication Act 1893, and to make further provision as to the instruments by which statutory powers to make orders, rules, regulations and other subordinate legislation are exercised.
[26th March 1946]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C13Act applied, and power to apply Act conferred, by enactments listed in Chronological Table of the Statutes; excluded by Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 13), s. 15 and Cathedrals Measure 1976 (No. 1), s. 4(3)
C14Act extended by Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1), s. 52(1)
C15Act extended (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 (No. 2, SIF 21:1), ss. 2(4), 5(5), 6(5), Sch. 1 para. 5
C16Act applied (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), ss. 35(1), 38(6)
C17Act applied (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), ss. 1, 35(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(3)
C18Act applied by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 1, 54(3)(a)(5), 119(5), Sch. 1 para. 12
C19Act applied by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 140, Sch. 11 para. 45(1)
C20Act applied by S.I. 1987/470, art. 3(4)
C21Act applied by S.I. 1988/1988 (N.I. 21), art. 8(3)
C22Act applied (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988 (No. 1, SIF 21:1), s. 4(6)
C23Act applied (E.W.S.) by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), ss. 1(5), 112(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(2), Sch. 17 para. 35(1)
C24Act applied (prosp.) by Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 (No. 2, SIF 21:8), ss. 16(5), 17, 18(7), 21(2)
C25Act applied by S.I. 1990/2595, art. 3(4)
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