Crown Agents Act 1979

30 Orders, regulations and consents. U.K.

(1) An order or regulations made by the Minister under any provision of this Act—

(a) may make different provision in relation to different cases or circumstances;

(b) may make the consent or approval of the Minister material for the purposes of any provision of the order or regulations; and

(c) may contain such supplementary, incidental and transitional provisions as appear expedient to the Minister.

(2) Any power of the Minister to make an order under any provision of this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3) Any order made under any provision of this Act, except—

(a) an order under section 1(1) F1 . . .or paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 5; and

(b) an order which is required to be laid before Parliament or the House of Commons in draft,

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4) Any consent given by the Minister under this Act—

(a) may be given either generally or so as to apply only to the doing of specified things by or in relation to specified persons;

(b) may, if given generally, be revoked by the Minister; and

(c) may in any case be given either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit.

(5) Where any body corporate is given power by or under this Act to do something only with the consent of the Minister, then, if that consent is given subject to conditions, the body corporate shall not have power to do anything by virtue of that consent except in accordance with the conditions.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 30(3)(a) repealed (21.3.1997) by 1995 c. 24, s. 13(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I (with saving in s. 11(8)); S.I. 1997/1139, art. 2