Consequential provision
2.—(1) The Department for Communities may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any provision made by this Act.
(2) Regulations under this section may—
(a)amend, repeal, revoke or otherwise modify a statutory provision;
(b)include transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into operation of provision made by the regulations.
(3) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution, except where subsection (4) applies to them.
(4) Regulations under this section which contain (whether alone or with other provision) provision that amends, repeals or revokes any of the text of any Northern Ireland legislation or Act of Parliament are not to be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.
(5) In this section “statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.