Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011

Part 3 Final provisions

28 Power to make consequential provision

(1) The Treasury may by order make such provision as it considers appropriate in consequence of any provision of this Act.

(2) An order under this section may—

(a) amend or revoke any provision of subordinate legislation made on or before the last day of the Session in which this Act is passed;

(b) include supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(3) An order under this section is to be made by statutory instrument.

(4) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5) In this section “subordinate legislation” has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

29 Commencement

(1) This Part comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(2) Section 27 and Schedule 6 come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(3) The other provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with provision made by order made by statutory instrument by the Treasury.

(4) An order under subsection (3) may—

(a) make different provision for different purposes;

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

30 Extent

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(2) The amendment or repeal of any enactment has the same extent as the enactment amended or repealed.

31 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011.