Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979

Regulations for purposes of this Order N.I.

7 .F1 —(1) Regulations for the purpose of giving effect to this Order may be made by the Head of the Department with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and,F2 . . . , the presiding officer of the Assembly.

(2) Regulations may (without prejudice to their generality) provide—

(a) for the exemption, from any provision of this Order (other than the provisions of Article 5(2)( a)) specified in the regulations, of any statutory rules or statutory rules of any class—

(i) which are published in full in the Belfast Gazette; or

(ii) as respects which the Department is satisfied that adequate arrangements exist for bringing, so far as is reasonably practicable, notice of their making to persons appearing to be affected by them and for supplying (whether upon payment or otherwise) copies of them to persons applying for such copies; or

(iii) which are of a temporary character and are likely to cease to be in force within such period (not exceeding twelve months) after they are made as may be prescribed;

(b) for declaring, in cases which appear to the Head of the Department to be doubtful, whether or not any particular instrument or an instrument of any class is a statutory rule within the meaning of this Order;

(c) for regulating the numbering, printing and publication under this Order of statutory rules and of other instruments to which the provisions of this Order may be applied.

(3) Where regulations declare that this paragraph shall apply to any statutory rules exempted (whether by the regulations or otherwise) from the requirements of Article 5(2)( c), it shall be the duty of the responsible officer of the rule-making authority to make arrangements for the supply and sale at Her Majesty's Stationery Office in Belfast and, in the case of local statutory rules, at the offices of the local authority concerned to any person on demand of photographic copies of the rules at a price related as nearly as may be to the cost of making such copies.

(4) Regulations may provide for the publication by the Department, with such omissions, exceptions and abbreviations as may be specified in the regulations, of a revised edition of the annual volumes or of a revised editition of such subordinate legislation in force in Northern Ireland as may be so specified.

(5) Regulations may amend or repeal paragraphs 1, 3, 6 and 8 of Schedule 3 and the entry relating to the Registrar of[F3 Credit Unions] for Northern Ireland in Part I of Schedule 1 (which were formerly contained in regulations made under the Statutory Rules Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 [1958 c.18] ).

(6) Regulations shall be subject to negative resolution.

F1 mod. while s. 1 is in force by 2000 c. 1

F2 1998 c. 47

F3 1992 c. 40