Part VIII Miscellaneous

I1E167Regulations and orders.

F11

Any power under this Act to make regulations or orders shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

2

Any such power may be exercised to make different provision for different cases, including different provision for different areas or localities.

3

Any such power, includes power—

a

to make such incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provision as appears to the Northern Ireland department exercising the power to be expedient; and

b

to provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.

F23A

Where regulations under section 21D(7)(b) provide for the omission of section 21D(5), the provision that may be made by the regulations in exercise of the power conferred by subsection (3)(a) includes provision amending section 21D for the purpose of omitting references to section 21D(5).

3B

The provision that may be made by regulations under section 21G(5)(b) in exercise of the power conferred by subsection (3)(a) includes provision amending or repealing section 21G(4).

F34

Subsection (4A) applies to—

a

the first regulations to be made under section 21H(1);

b

regulations under section 47J(3);

c

regulations under section 67A(3);

d

regulations under paragraph 6A(2) of Schedule 1.

4A

No regulations to which this subsection applies shall be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

4B

An order under section 47(1), if made without a draft having been laid before and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Assembly; but the exercise of the discretion conferred by this subsection is subject to section 67A.

5

Any other order made under this Act, other than an order under section 3(9), F454A(6)(a) or 70(3), and any regulations made under this Act shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if they were statutory instruments within the meaning of that Act.

6

Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply in relation to any instrument or document which by virtue of this Act is required to be laid before the Assembly as if it were a statutory instrument or statutory document within the meaning of that Act.

7

Subsection (1) does not require an order under section 43 which applies only to a specified vehicle, or to vehicles of a specified person, to be made by statutory rule.

8

Nothing in section 40(6) or 46(5) affects the powers conferred by subsections (2) and (3).