PART 6GENERAL
112Orders and regulations
1
Subject to the following provisions of this section, any orders or regulations made by the Department under this Act are subject to negative resolution.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply to an order under section 118.
3
Orders or regulations to which this subsection applies—
a
must be laid before the Assembly after being made; and
b
take effect on such date as may be specified in the order or regulations, but (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of a new order or regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the order or regulations are approved by a resolution of the Assembly.
4
Subsection (3) applies to—
a
regulations under section 16(3)(c), 17(1)(c), 28, 77 or 111;
b
the first regulations under section 3(2) or (6), 5(2) or (7), 7(4)(b) or (6) or 9(3)(b);
c
an order under section 28(9);
d
an order under section 114 amending or repealing any relevant statutory provision;
e
an order under paragraph 9(7) of Schedule 4.
5
This subsection applies to any regulations or orders made by the Department under this Act which—
a
but for subsection (6), would be subject to negative resolution, and
b
are contained in a statutory rule which includes any regulations or order subject to the confirmatory procedure.
6
Any regulations or orders to which subsection (5) applies shall not be subject to negative resolution, but shall be subject to the confirmatory procedure.
7
In this section—
“the confirmatory procedure” means the procedure described in subsection (3);
“relevant statutory provision” means a statutory provision contained in—
- a
an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
- b
an Order in Council under Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28) or the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1);
- c
an Act of the Assembly; or
- d
an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
- a