The Regulations provide for the numbering, printing and sale of Statutory Instruments under the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, and other matters in connection therewith. They come into force on the 1st January, 1948, on which day come also into force the Statutory Instruments (Confirmatory Powers) Order, 1947 (S.I. 1948 No. 2), and the Act itself (by the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946 (Commencement) Order, 1947 (S.I. 1948 No. 3)).
By virtue of Regulation 3 of the Regulations, the Regulations, the Confirmatory Powers Order, and the Commencement Order, are all allocated to the 1948 series of Statutory Instruments.