PART 5Digital government
CHAPTER 4Fraud against the public sector
I162Regulations under this Chapter
1
Any power to make regulations under this Chapter is exercisable—
a
in the case of regulations made by the relevant Minister or the Welsh Ministers, by statutory instrument, and
b
in the case of regulations made by the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (SI 1979/1573 (NI 12)).
2
Regulations under this Chapter—
a
may make different provision for different purposes;
b
may contain consequential, supplementary, transitional or transitory provision or savings.
3
In the case of regulations under section 56(6) which amend Schedule 8 so as to add an entry relating to a person or description of person, this includes power to make provision in relation to information disclosed by that person or a person of that description which is similar to that made by section 59 in relation to information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs.
4
A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this Chapter by the relevant Minister 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
Regulations made under section 56(6) by the Scottish Ministers are subject to the affirmative procedure.
6
A statutory instrument containing regulations made under section 56(6) by the Welsh Ministers may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.
7
Regulations under section 56(6) may not be made by the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.
8
If a draft of a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 56(6) would, apart from this subsection, be treated for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not such an instrument.