SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Consequential, transitional, transitory and saving provision
Part 1General consequential provision
Existing powers to make subordinate legislation etc.
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1
Any subordinate legislation which—
a
is, or is to be, made, confirmed or approved by virtue of paragraph 3, and
b
amends or revokes any retained direct principal EU legislation,
is to be subject to the same procedure (if any) before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly as would apply to that legislation if it were amending or repealing an enactment contained in primary legislation.
2
Any subordinate legislation which—
a
is, or is to be, made, confirmed or approved by virtue of paragraph 3, and
b
either—
i
modifies (otherwise than as a connected modification and otherwise than by way of amending or revoking it) any retained direct principal EU legislation, or
ii
modifies (otherwise than as a connected modification) anything which is retained EU law by virtue of section 4,
is to be subject to the same procedure (if any) before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly as would apply to that legislation if it were amending or repealing an enactment contained in primary legislation.
3
Any subordinate legislation which—
a
is, or is to be, made, confirmed or approved by virtue of paragraph 3, and
b
amends or revokes any retained direct minor EU legislation,
is to be subject to the same procedure (if any) before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly as would apply to that legislation if it were amending or revoking an enactment contained in subordinate legislation made under a different power.
4
Any subordinate legislation which—
a
is, or is to be, made, confirmed or approved by virtue of paragraph 3, and
b
modifies (otherwise than as a connected modification and otherwise than by way of amending or revoking it) any retained direct minor EU legislation,
is to be subject to the same procedure (if any) before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly as would apply to that legislation if it were amending or revoking an enactment contained in subordinate legislation made under a different power.
5
Any subordinate legislation which—
a
is, or is to be, made, confirmed or approved by virtue of paragraph 3, and
b
modifies as a connected modification any retained direct EU legislation or anything which is retained EU law by virtue of section 4,
is to be subject to the same procedure (if any) before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly as would apply to the modification to which it is connected.
6
Any provision which may be made, confirmed or approved by virtue of paragraph 3 may be included in the same instrument as any other provision which may be so made, confirmed or approved.
7
Where more than one procedure of a kind falling within sub-paragraph (8) would otherwise apply in the same legislature for an instrument falling within sub-paragraph (6), the higher procedure is to apply in the legislature concerned.
8
The order of procedures is as follows (the highest first)—
a
a procedure which requires a statement of urgency before the instrument is made and the approval of the instrument after it is made to enable it to remain in force,
b
a procedure which requires the approval of the instrument in draft before it is made,
c
a procedure not falling within paragraph (a) which requires the approval of the instrument after it is made to enable it to come into, or remain in, force,
d
a procedure which provides for the annulment of the instrument after it is made,
e
a procedure not falling within any of the above paragraphs which provides for the laying of the instrument after it is made,
f
no procedure.
9
The references in this paragraph to amending or repealing an enactment contained in primary legislation or amending or revoking an enactment contained in subordinate legislation do not include references to amending or repealing or (as the case may be) amending or revoking an enactment contained in any Northern Ireland legislation which is an Order in Council.
10
In this paragraph “connected modification” means a modification which is supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or transitory, or a saving, in connection with—
a
another modification under the power of retained direct EU legislation or anything which is retained EU law by virtue of section 4, or
b
anything else done under the power.