Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006

61Orders and regulationsS

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(1)Any power conferred by this Act to make an order or regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)Orders and regulations under this Act may make—

(a)different provision for different purposes; and

(b)supplemental, incidental, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provision.

(3)Subject to subsections (4) to (6), a statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

(4)The following orders and regulations are not to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order or regulations has been laid before and approved by the Scottish Parliament—

(a)regulations under section 5(2)(b), (4), (5) or (8); or

(b)an order under section 62(1)(a) containing provision which adds to, replaces or omits any part of the text of an Act.

(5)Subsection (3) does not apply to an order containing provision under section 7(9) if a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Parliament.

(6)Subsection (3) does not apply to an order under section 63(2).