Part VII Supplementary
154 Orders and directions.
1
Any power of a Minister of the Crown or the Assembly under this Act to make an order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
2
No order to which this subsection applies shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
3
Subsection (2) applies—
a
to an order under section 11, 75(5), 108(2) or (3), 144(8) or 155(2), and
b
to an order under section 96(5), 117, 133(3), 139(3), 143(3), 144(1) or (4), 146(1), 147(1) or 151 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 which contains provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of enactments contained in an Act.
4
No order shall be made under section 82(6) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.
5
A statutory instrument containing an order to which this subsection applies shall (unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament) be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
6
Subsection (5) applies—
a
to an order under section 3, 15(5), 17, 25, 36(5), 39, 49(1), 96(5), 106(3), 108(7), 117, 118(1)(f), 130(4), 133(3), 136(4), 139(3), 140(5), 143(3), 144(1) or (4), 146(1), 147(1), 151 or 153, paragraph 2 of Schedule 6, paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 or paragraph 17(9) of Schedule 9, and
b
subject to subsection (7), to an order under section 108(1).
7
A statutory instrument containing only an order under subsection (1) of section 108 revoking a previous order under that subsection—
a
shall not be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, but
b
shall be laid before Parliament.
8
Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction includes power to vary or revoke the direction.