Article 229 Regulations: the Scottish MinistersF1

Except as specified in paragraphs 2 to 6, regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under this Regulation are subject to the negative procedure (see section 28 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.

Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under Article 221(1) or (4) are subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).

A statutory instrument containing regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under Article 219, 220(1) or (2) or 221(2)must be laid before the Scottish Parliament after being made.

Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under any of the Articles specified in paragraph 3 cease to have effect at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which they are made unless, during that period, the regulations are approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

In calculating the period of 28 days for the purposes of paragraph 4, no account is to be taken of any time during which the Scottish Parliament is:

If regulations cease to have effect as a result of paragraph 4, that does not affect the validity of anything previously done under those regulations or prevent the making of new regulations.