# Healthcare (International Arrangements) Act 2019, Section 7: Regulations and directions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A power of the Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(1A) A power of a Northern Ireland department to make regulations under section 2A is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
(2) Regulations and directions under this Act may—
(a) make different provision for different purposes;
(b) be made for all cases to which the power in question applies, for those cases subject to specified exceptions or for any specified cases or descriptions of case;
(c) make any provision either unconditionally or subject to specified conditions;
(d) provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter;
(e) include consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(3) Regulations under this Act may amend, repeal or revoke assimilated law that is not primary legislation.
(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act may not be made by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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(5A) Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 2A are subject to the affirmative procedure (see Part 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)).
(5B) A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 2A may not be made by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.
(5C) Regulations may not be made by a Northern Ireland department under section 2A unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(6) In this section “primary legislation” means—
(a) an Act;
(b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
(c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales;
(d) Northern Ireland legislation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/14/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/healthcare-international-arrangements-act-2019/section-7
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