General

42Orders and regulations

(1)

Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act shall be exercised by statutory instrument.

(2)

No order or regulations shall be made under section 3, 17, 19 or 23 unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

43Finance

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)

any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other enactment;

(b)

any other expenditure of the Secretary of State under this Act.

44Repeals

The provisions mentioned in Schedule 9 are repealed (or revoked) to the extent specified in column 3.

45Commencement

(1)

The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument.

(2)

An order under this section—

(a)

may make different provision for different purposes;

(b)

may include supplementary, incidental, saving or transitional provisions.

46Extent

(1)

Any amendment or repeal in this Act has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.

(2)

An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the M1Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which contains a statement that it is made only for purposes corresponding to any of the purposes of this Act—

(a)

shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament), but

(b)

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)

Apart from sections 39 and 45 and subject to subsection (1), the preceding sections of this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

47Citation

This Act may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999.