Section 66 Regulations and orders

Any power to make regulations or an order under this Act includes power—

Any power to make regulations or an order under this Act, other than an order under section 42 or 43, is exercisable by statutory instrument.

The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 12 F1, 12B(1)(b) F2 , 16B (whether alone or with regulations under section 16F), 16E(3) F3, 16EA(2)(b) or (5), 16EB(2)(a) or 45 unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing F4the first regulations under section 9A or the first order under section 49 unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

A statutory instrument containing—

is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Subsection (5) does not apply to regulations made by the Secretary of State jointly with the Assembly under section 43(7).

F6Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under sectionF725 or 26 by the Welsh Ministers is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

Paragraphs 33 to 35 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 make provision about the National Assembly for Wales procedures that apply to any statutory instrument containing regulations or an order made in exercise of functions conferred upon the National Assembly for Wales by this Act that have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of that Schedule.