{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-57",
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  "legislation": "nia/2001/3",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Orders, regulations and directions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) , any regulations or orders made by the Department under this Act shall be subject to negative resolution.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—\n(a) an order under section 56;\n(b) an order under section 58 which contains only provision for or in connection with the transfer of any property, rights or liabilities; or\n(c) an order under section 61(2).\n(3) Regulations or orders under this Act may contain—\n(a) any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision;\n(b) any transitory, transitional or saving provision,\nwhich the Department considers necessary or expedient.\n(4) Section 17(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) shall apply to a direction given by the Department under this Act as if the direction were a statutory instrument.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 57(1) substituted (13.5.2016) by Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 23), ss. 6(6), 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/3/section/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:53.445230+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}