Section 57 Regulations and orders.

United Kingdom

(1)

The power to make—

(a)

regulations under section 2(1), 5, 23(8), 28 or 29 of this Act, or

(b)

an order under section 9(10), 17(6), 25, 41(3) or 47(2) of this Act,

shall be exercisable by statutory rule, for the purposes of the M1Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

(2)

No regulations under section 23(8), 28 or 29 of this Act or order under section 47(2) of this Act shall be made unless a draft of the regulations or order has been laid before and approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(3)

A statutory rule containing regulations under section 2(1) or 5 of this Act or an order under section 17(6), 25 or 41(3) of this Act shall be subject to negative resolution; and section 41(6) of the M2Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (meaning of “subject to negative resolution”) shall apply as if the power to make the regulations or order were conferred by a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.I.1979/1573 (N.I. 12).
M2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.3.1999) by S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21), art. 105(4), Sch. 5 (subject to savings in art. 105(2), Sch. 4 para. 6); S.R. 1999/81, art. 3(1)