PART 4General
I1129Regulations and directions
1
Regulations under any provision of this Act may make—
a
consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, or saving provision;
b
different provision for different cases or purposes.
2
Regulations under this Act made by the Treasury or the Lord Chancellor are to be made by statutory instrument.
3
A power or duty of a Northern Ireland department to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
4
In this Act “the affirmative procedure” means—
a
in the case of regulations made by the Treasury or the Lord Chancellor, that the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament;
b
in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, that the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru;
c
in the case of regulations made by a Northern Ireland department, that the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.
5
In this Act “the negative procedure” means—
a
in the case of regulations made by the Treasury or the Lord Chancellor, that the instrument containing them is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
b
in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, that the instrument containing them is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru;
c
in the case of regulations made by a Northern Ireland department, that the regulations are subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954) (c. 33 (N.I.)).
6
Any provision that may be made by regulations under this Act subject to the negative procedure may be made by regulations subject to the affirmative procedure.
7
Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) in relation to the laying of a draft as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.
8
The preceding subsections do not apply in relation to—
a
scheme regulations for a Chapter 1 scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1),
b
scheme regulations for a judicial scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 1),
c
scheme regulations for a local government scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 3 of Part 1), or
d
regulations under section 131.
9
Directions given under this Act by the Treasury or the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland may be varied or revoked.