(1)Any power of—
(a)the Lord Chancellor,
(b)the Secretary of State, or
(c)the First Minister and deputy First Minister,
to make an order or a scheme (or alterations to a scheme) under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
(2)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)No order containing (whether or not together with other provision) provision made by virtue of section [F22(2)(b),]9(4), 19(4)(b), 46(6)(a) or (b), 72(1), (3), (7) or (8) or 78 shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(5)The following instruments—
(a)an order under section [F32(2)(a) or (c),][F45A(6),]10(4), 12(3), 19(4)(a) or (c), 28(2), 46(6)(c), 63(2), 72(2) or 85(2), Schedule 4 or paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 8, and
(b)a scheme (or alterations to a scheme) under section 68,
shall, unless a draft 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 in the same manner as a statutory instrument; and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies accordingly.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 90(2)(3) repealed (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 18, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) {Sch. 4}; S.R. 2005/282, art. 3
F2Words in s. 90(4) inserted (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3); S.R. 2005/282, art. 3
F3Words in s. 90(5)(a) inserted (15.6.2005) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 1, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(4); S.R. 2005/282, art. 3
F4Words in s. 90(5)(a) inserted (19.9.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 61, 148; S.I. 2007/2709, art. 2