The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Supplementary

Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions, savings and repeals

65.  Schedule 3 (amendments), Schedule 4 (transitional and transitory provisions and savings) and Schedule 5 (repeals) have effect.

Regulations, orders and directions

66.—(1) Regulations under this Order and orders under Article 57, 59(1) or 63(7) shall be subject to negative resolution.

(2) No order shall be made under Article 39, 40, 45(9), 52(1) or 56(1) unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Assembly.

(3) Regulations and orders made by the Department under this Order may contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions and such savings as appear to the Department to be necessary or expedient.

(4) Article 64 of the Electricity Order (powers to make regulations) applies to regulations under this Order as if they were made under Part II of that Order.

(5) Any power conferred by this Order to give a direction shall include power to vary or revoke the direction.

(6) Any direction given under this Order shall be in writing.

Power to make transitional, consequential and saving provisions

67.—(1) The Department may by regulations make such transitional and consequential provisions and such savings as it considers necessary or expedient in preparation for, or in connection with, or in consequence of—

(a) the coming into operation of any provision of this Order; or

(b) the operation of any statutory provision repealed or amended by a provision of this Order during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in operation.

(2) Such regulations may make modifications of any statutory provision (including a provision in this Order).