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Postal Services Act 2011

Section 89: Orders and regulations made by Ministers of the Crown

379.This section requires that orders and regulations made under provisions of the Act by the Secretary of State, the Treasury or the Lord Chancellor must be made by statutory instrument.

380.Subsection (2) provides that any orders or regulations may contain incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision and may make different provision for different cases or circumstances or areas.

381.Subsections (4) to (8) define “affirmative resolution procedure”, “approval after being made” and “negative resolution procedure

382.Subsection (9) gives the flexibility to include provisions requiring negative resolution procedure within a statutory instrument which is subject to an affirmative resolution procedure.

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