Prospective
(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.