Part 4Enforcement of judgments and orders

Information requests and orders

103Regulations

1

It is for the Lord Chancellor to make information regulations.

2

But the Lord Chancellor may make the following regulations only with the agreement of the Commissioners—

a

regulations under section 97(4)(d);

b

regulations under section 102(4) or (7) so far as the regulations relate to the use or disclosure of debtor information disclosed by the Commissioners.

3

Information regulations are to be made by statutory instrument.

4

A statutory instrument containing information regulations may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

5

But subsection (4) does not apply in the case of a statutory instrument that contains only—

a

regulations under section 95, or

b

regulations under section 97 which designate a Secretary of State for the purpose of that section.

6

In such a case, the statutory instrument is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

7

In this section “information regulations” means regulations under any of sections 95 to 102.