(1)Rules made by the Rules Committee shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the M1Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.
(2)The Rules Committee shall not, except with the concurrence of the Treasury, make a rule which may involve an increase in expenditure out of public funds; but the validity of such a rule shall not, in any proceedings in any court, be called in question either by the court or by any party to the proceedings on the ground only that the Treasury did not concur or are not expressed to have concurred in the making of the rule.
[F1(2A)Rules made by the Rules Committee shall be statutory rules for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.]
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(4)Such of the joint secretaries to the Rules Committee as the Lord Chancellor may designate shall, in relation to rules of court, be the responsible officer within the meaning of [F3Articles 5 and 7 of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979].
Textual Amendments
F1S. 56(2A) inserted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 38), Sch. 8 para. 5
F2S. 56(3) repealed by S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12), art. 11(2), Sch. 5
F3Words substituted by S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12), Sch. 4 para. 23
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 56 excluded (11.3.2005) by Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2), s. 11(5), Sch. para. 3(7)(b)
C2S. 56 excluded (27.11.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 72(6)(b), 100(2) (with s. 101(2))
Marginal Citations