PART XMiscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

134Regulations and orders

1

The Minister may make regulations under this Act for any purpose for which regulations are authorised or required to be made under this Act, not being a purpose for which regulations are authorised or required to be made by two or more Ministers jointly.

2

Any power to make regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument: and any instrument containing any such regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of ether House of Parliament.

3

Any power conferred by this Act to make an order shall include power to vary or revoke the order by a subsequent order.

4

Any power to make orders under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument:

Provided that this subsection does not apply to—

a

any power exercisable by virtue of section 65 of this Act;

b

any power exercisable by virtue of section 108 of this Act.

5

The following orders under this Act shall be of no effect unless approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, that is to say—

a

any order under section 125 of this Act;

b

any order under subsection (2) of the last preceding section, if the order first-mentioned in that subsection is an order under section 125 of this Act.

6

Any statutory instrument containing—

a

an order under section 3 of this Act by virtue of which the number of members (excluding additional members) of a river authority will exceed thirty-one, or

b

an order under section 10 of this Act which varies a previous order under that section in such a way that the number of members (excluding additional members) of a river authority will exceed thirty-one, but does not alter any river authority area or designate any new area, or

c

an order under section 57, under section 105 or under section 116 of this Act, or

d

an order under the last preceding section,

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of ether House of Parliament:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any order which, by virtue of paragraph (b) of the last preceding subsection, is required to be approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.