Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

96 Regulation-making powers

(1) A power to make regulations conferred by this Act includes the power to make different provision for different purposes and areas.

(2) Regulations under any of the following provisions are subject to the affirmative procedure: sections 11, 13, 22(1)(e), any section in Chapter 2 of Part 2 and sections 51, 52, 68, 75, 79, 81(8), 82, 85(2)(g) and (5), 86 and 93 and paragraph 4(2)(c) of schedule 1.

(3) Regulations under any of the following provisions are subject to the negative procedure: sections 41(4)(a) and 43(5) and paragraph 13(2) of schedule 1.

(4) Regulations under section 95—

(a) are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act (including this Act), but

(b) otherwise are subject to the negative procedure.

(5) Regulations under section 22(1)(e), which modify the functions of the Scottish Commission on Social Security, may not be made after the Commission is established unless the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Commission about the modification.