PART 3General

Supplementary

54Regulations: general

1

Regulations under this Act may—

a

make different provision for different purposes;

b

confer functions on a prescribed person;

c

confer jurisdiction on any court or tribunal.

2

Regulations under this Act may make supplemental, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision, including—

a

in the case of regulations under section 1 or 49, provision amending, repealing or revoking enactments (whenever passed or made), and

b

in the case of regulations under section 1 which repeal or revoke an enactment, provision for persons designated by or under that enactment to be treated as persons designated under the regulations.

3

Regulations under section 1 may amend the definition of “terrorist financing” in section 49(3) so as to remove any reference to a provision of regulations that is revoked by regulations under section 1.

4

Regulations under section 1 may amend the definition of “terrorist financing” in section 49(3) so as to add a reference to a provision of regulations under section 1 that contains an offence, but only if—

a

each purpose of the regulations containing the offence, as stated under section 1(3), is compliance with a UN obligation or other international obligation, or

b

paragraph (a) does not apply but the report under section 2 in respect of the regulations containing the offence indicates that, in the opinion of the appropriate Minister making those regulations, the carrying out of a purpose stated in those regulations under section 1(3) would further the prevention of terrorism in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

5

Any power under this Act to make regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.

6

In this section “enactment” includes—

a

an enactment contained in any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations or other instrument made under an Act,

b

an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

c

an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales,

d

an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation, and

e

any retained direct EU legislation.

7

In subsection (2)(b) the reference to persons “designated” by or under a repealed or revoked enactment includes, where the enactment is retained direct EU legislation, persons listed in or under that enactment.

8

This section does not apply to regulations under—

a

section 56 (regulations under section 1: transitory provision), or

b

section 64 (commencement).