Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

Part 5 Final provisions

154 Orders and regulations

(1) Any power of the Secretary of State under this Act to make an order or regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) A statutory instrument containing any of the following orders or 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—

(a) regulations under section 31 or 54(2) or paragraph 36(1) (a) or 40 of Schedule 6;

(b) an order under section 50 or 58;

(c) regulations under section 126, 128, 129, 131, 134 or 136(2);

(d) an order under paragraph 24 of Schedule 15 which contains provision amending an Act (whether or not it also contains other provision).

(3) Any other statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Act, except an instrument containing only an order specified in subsection (4), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4) The orders referred to subsection (3) are those under section 54(1)(b), 55(1), 75 or 157.

(5) An order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act may—

(a) include incidental, supplementary and consequential provision;

(b) make transitory or transitional provision or savings;

(c) make different provision for different cases, areas or purposes.

155 Money

The following are to be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this Act;

(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

156 Extent

(1) This Act extends to England and Wales only.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (3) to (6).

(3) The following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

(a) section 58 (power to make provision about elections etc),

(b) section 151 and Schedule 17 (temporary class drug orders),

(c) section 152 (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs),

(d) section 154 (orders and regulations) so far as relating to an order under section 58, and

(e) this section and sections 157 and 158 (final provisions).

(4) Section 98 and Schedule 15 apply to England and Wales and Scotland.

(5) The amendments, repeals and revocations made by this Act (so far as not made by provision mentioned in subsection (3)(b) or (c)) have the same extent as the provisions amended, repealed or revoked.

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to the amendment made to section 2 of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 by section 150(1) above (which accordingly extends to England and Wales only).

157 Commencement

(1) The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (3) and (4).

(3) The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) section 58 (power to make provision about elections);

(b) section 153 (restrictions on issue of arrest warrants in private prosecutions);

(c) sections 154 to 158 (final).

(4) Section 150(2), so far as relating to byelaws made by local authorities in Wales, comes into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint.

(5) Section 154(1) and (5)(b) applies to an order of the Welsh Ministers under subsection (4) as it applies to an order of the Secretary of State under this Act.

158 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.