165 Procedural requirements as to applications.U.K.
In the 1971 Act, after section 31, insert—
“31A Procedural requirements as to applications.
(1)If a form is prescribed for a particular kind of application under this Act, any application of that kind must be made in the prescribed form.
(2)If procedural or other steps are prescribed in relation to a particular kind of application under this Act, those steps must be taken in respect of any application of that kind.
(3)“Prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(4)The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(5)Any such statutory instrument shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 165 partly in force; s. 165 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 170(4); s. 165 in force for certain purposes at 22.5.2000 by S.I. 2000/1282, art. 2, Sch.
I2S. 165 in force at 1.8.2003 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2003/1862, art. 2