37 Provisions as to rules and Orders.U.K.
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(2)Any rules made by [F2the Secretary of State] in pursuance of [F3section 15 of this Act], and any order made, direction given, or other action taken under the rules by the registrar, may be made, given or taken so as to have effect as respects things done or omitted to be done on or after such date, whether before or after the coming into operation of the rules or of this Act, as may be specified in the rules.
(3)Any power to make rules conferred by this Act on [F2the Secretary of State] F4... [F5and the power to make an order under section 15ZA] [F6and the power to make regulations under section 28A] shall be exercisable by statutory instrument F7....
(4)Any statutory instrument containing rules made by [F2the Secretary of State] under this Act [F8or regulations under section 28A] shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
[F9(4A)Subsection (4) does not apply to the first regulations to be made under section 28A, but the Secretary of State may not make those regulations unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]
[F10(4B)The Secretary of State may not make an order under section 15ZA unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]
(5)Any Order in Council made under this Act may be revoked or varied by a subsequent Order in Council.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 37(1) repealed by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), ss. 272, 303(2), Sch. 3 para. 27(2), Sch. 8
F2Words substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 27(3)
F3Words in s. 37(2) substituted (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)
F4Words in s. 37(3) omitted (6.4.2015) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 10(5)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2015/165, art. 3
F5Words in s. 37(3) inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 8(2)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F6Words in s. 37(3) inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 11(3)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F7Words in s. 37(3) omitted (6.4.2015) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 10(5)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2015/165, art. 3
F8Words in s. 37(4) inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 11(3)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F9S. 37(4A) inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 11(3)(c), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F10S. 37(4B) inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 8(2)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.