Health Act 2006

79 Orders and regulations U.K.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), any power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) Any power of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).

(3) Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act—

(a) may be exercised so as to make different provision for different cases or descriptions of case or different purposes or areas, and

(b) includes power to make such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provision as the authority making the order or regulations considers appropriate.

(4) No statutory instrument containing—

(a) regulations under section 3, 4, 5, 6(8), 7(6)[F1 , 8(7) or 9(1A)],

(b) an order under section 13,

(c) regulations under section 17 which amend or repeal any provision of an Act or an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

(d) an order under section 45(7),

(e) an order under section 75 or 80(3) which amends or repeals any provision of an Act or an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or

(f) regulations under paragraph 5[F2 , 8 or 17] of Schedule 1,

may be made by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

[F3 (4A) No statutory instrument containing

[F4 (a) regulations under section 9(1A),

(b) an order under section 13, or

(c) regulations under paragraph 17 of Schedule 1,]

may be made by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.]

(5) Otherwise, a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act (other than an order under section 83) is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6) No statutory instrument containing an order under section 80(4) which amends or repeals any provision of an Act or an Act of the Scottish Parliament may be made by the Scottish Ministers unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

(7) Otherwise, a statutory instrument containing an order under section 80(4) is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

(8) A statutory rule containing regulations made by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety under section 17 which amend or repeal any provision of an Act is to be subject to affirmative resolution within the meaning of section 41(4) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.)).

(9) Otherwise, a statutory rule containing regulations made by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety under Chapter 1 of Part 3 is to be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 79(4) substituted (1.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 95(5)(a), 139(6); S.I. 2014/2609, art. 2; S.I. 2015/375, art. 3

F2 Words in s. 79(4)(f) substituted (1.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 95(5)(b), 139(6); S.I. 2014/2609, art. 2; S.I. 2015/375, art. 3

F3 S. 79(4A) inserted (1.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 95(5)(c), 139(6); S.I. 2014/2609, art. 2; S.I. 2015/375, art. 3

F4 S. 79(4A)(a)-(c) substituted for words (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 42(3)