General

25Orders, regulations and directions

1

Any power conferred by this Act on the Scottish Ministers to make an order or regulations—

a

must be exercised by statutory instrument,

b

may be exercised so as to make different provision for different purposes (including different areas),

c

except an order under section 26(3), includes power to make such consequential, supplemental, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision as appears to the Scottish Ministers to be necessary or expedient.

2

No—

a

order is to be made under section 3(4), 6(2) or 9(4),

b

regulations are to be made under section 9(1) or (3), or

c

order is to be made under section 24 containing provisions which add to, omit or replace any part of the text of an Act,

unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order or regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.

3

Any other statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Act (except an order under section 12(4) or 26(3)) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.

4

Any power to make directions under this Act includes power to vary or revoke such directions.

5

Any power to make directions under this Act may be exercised—

a

generally or to meet the circumstances of a particular area or matter,

b

either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in those cases subject to exceptions, or in relation to any specified cases or classes of case, and

c

subject to such other exceptions or conditions as the Scottish Ministers think fit.