Section 108 Powers to amend Chapter 1 etc: Northern IrelandI1

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland may by regulations amend any of sections 105, 106 and 107 for the purpose of providing for purported alterations of any specified description to be outside the scope of remediation under either or both of sections 106 and 107.

In subsection (1) “specified” means specified in the regulations; and a specified description of purported alterations may be framed by reference to features of the alterations or of the schemes purportedly altered by them (or a combination of both).

Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to negative resolution.

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland may by regulations make incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provision in connection with any provision of this Chapter (other than section 104 and this section).

Regulations under subsection (4) may amend Northern Ireland legislation, or an Act of Parliament, passed or made before or in the same Session as this Act.

Regulations under subsection (4) which contain provision made under subsection (5)—

Paragraph (c) is without prejudice to the validity of anything done under the regulations or to the making of new regulations.

Regulations under subsection (4) which do not contain provision made under subsection (5) are subject to negative resolution.

In this section “subject to negative resolution” has the meaning given by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

The power of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).