Regulation-making powers: general
Regulations: general
53.—(1) Regulations under this Act may make such consequential or supplementary provision as the Department considers appropriate.
(2) The provision that may be made under subsection (1) includes, in particular, provision that—
(a)amends this Act, or
(b)amends the carbon budget for any budgetary period before the start of the period (but not otherwise).
(3) Regulations may not be made under any provision of this Act unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly; but this is subject to subsection (4).
(4) Regulations under section 9(4) or 42(1) are subject to negative resolution, unless they contain consequential or supplementary provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (2).
(5) See sections 54 and 55 for restrictions on the power to make provision mentioned in subsection (2).