Section 10 Assembly controlI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this section, any regulations made under this Act are subject to negative resolution.

(2)

Regulations under section 1 F1or 5(1A) or the first regulations under section 2—

(a)

must be laid before the Assembly after being made; and

(b)

take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations are approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

(3)

This subsection applies to any regulations made under this Act which—

(a)

but for subsection (4), would be subject to negative resolution, and

(b)

are contained in a statutory rule which includes any regulations subject to the confirmatory procedure.

(4)

Any regulations to which subsection (3) applies shall not be subject to negative resolution, but shall be subject to the confirmatory procedure.

(5)

In this section “the confirmatory procedure” means the procedure described in subsection (2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 10(2) inserted (17.3.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 11 para. 15; S.R. 2016/166, art. 2(b)

Commencement

I1: S. 10 wholly in operation at 1.10.2008; s. 10 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 12(1); s. 10 in operation for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations at 27.8.2008 and for all other purposes at 1.10.2008 by S.R. 2008/351, art. 2(1)(a)(b), Sch.