# Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, Section 44: Regulations


(1) Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.
(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—
(a) regulations under section 29(1), (2) or (3) made by the Secretary of State;
(b) regulations under section 42(1) which amend or repeal a provision of primary legislation.
(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.
(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—
(a) regulations under section 25(4);
(b) regulations under section 42(1) which do not amend or repeal a provision of primary legislation.
(5) Regulations under this Act—
(a) may make different provision for different purposes or areas;
(b) may make provision which applies generally or for particular purposes or areas;
(c) may make transitional, transitory or saving provision;
(d) may make incidental, supplementary or consequential provision.
(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.
(7) In this section “primary legislation” means—
(a) an Act of Parliament, or
(b) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/20/section/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-act-2017/section-44
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