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In subsection (2)(b) the reference to persons “designated” by or under a repealed or revoked enactment includes, where the enactment is retained direct EU legislation, persons listed in or under that enactment.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