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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-act-2017/section-44",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/20",
  "legislation_title": "Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-act-2017",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.\n(2) A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with any other provision) any of the following regulations may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament—\n(a) regulations under section 29(1), (2) or (3) made by the Secretary of State;\n(b) regulations under section 42(1) which amend or repeal a provision of primary legislation.\n(3) A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with any other provision) regulations under section 29(1) or (3) made by the Welsh Ministers may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.\n(4) A statutory instrument containing any of the following regulations and to which subsection (2) does not apply is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament—\n(a) regulations under section 25(4);\n(b) regulations under section 42(1) which do not amend or repeal a provision of primary legislation.\n(5) Regulations under this Act—\n(a) may make different provision for different purposes or areas;\n(b) may make provision which applies generally or for particular purposes or areas;\n(c) may make transitional, transitory or saving provision;\n(d) may make incidental, supplementary or consequential provision.\n(6) If a draft of regulations under section 29(3) would, apart from this subsection, be treated as a hybrid instrument for the purposes of the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not a hybrid instrument.\n(7) In this section “primary legislation” means—\n(a) an Act of Parliament, or\n(b) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 2 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 46"
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  "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."
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