Article 69 Privy Council procedures etc.

(1)

Any power vested in the Privy Council to make an order under this Order may be exercised by any two or more members of the Privy Council.

(2)

Any power of the Privy Council to make an order under this Order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and except for an order made solely in respect of—

(a)

approving byelaws under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2; or

(b)

approving rules made under—

(i)

article 16 (or article 16 together with article 66(1)),

(ii)

article 27 (or article 27 together with article 66(1)),

(iii)

article 30 (or article 30 together with article 66(1)),

(iv)

article 31 (or article 31 together with article 66(1)),

(v)

article 36 (or article 36 together with article 66(1)),

(vi)

article 37 (or article 37 together with article 66(1)), or

(vii)

article 39 (or article 39 together with article 66(1)),

an order of the Privy Council under this Order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)

Paragraph (2) and article 66(4) do not preclude the inclusion of rules under article 16, 27, 30, 31, 36, 37, 39 or 40 in a set of rules which is to be approved by an order of the Privy Council that is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)

For the purposes of section 1 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946^f1 (definition of “Statutory Instrument”), paragraph (2) shall have effect as if contained in an Act of Parliament.

(5)

Any act of the Privy Council under this Order shall be sufficiently signified by an instrument signed by the Clerk of the Privy Council.

(6)

Where an order or act of the Privy Council under this Order is signified by an instrument purporting to be signed by the Clerk of the Privy Council, that shall be evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, of—

(a)

the fact that the instrument was duly made, or the act duly done; and

(b)

the instrument’s terms.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1946 c.36; section 1 has been amended by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38), Schedule 12, paragraph 2.