Section 72 Orders and regulations.

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any power of F1the Department of Justice or the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the M1Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

C1(2)

Orders or regulations under this Act—

(a)

may make different provision for different cases and circumstances;

(b)

may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as appear to F2the Department of Justice or (as the case may be) the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

F3(2A)

Regulations shall not be made under section 25(2)(k) or 26(2)(g) except with the consent of the F4Department of Finance and Personnel.

(3)

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(4)

F5An order or regulations made under this Act (other than F6... an order under section 75)

F7(a)

if made by the Department of Justice, shall be subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954);

(b)

if made by the Secretary of State, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 72(1) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38(2) (with arts. 28-31)
F2: Words in s. 72(2) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38(3) (with arts. 28-31)
F3: S. 72(2A) inserted (22.12.2000) by 2000 c. 32, s. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 23(6)(a); S.R. 2000/412, art. 2, Sch.
F4: Words in s. 72(2A) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38(4) (with arts. 28-31)
F5: Words in s. 72(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38(5)(a) (with arts. 28-31)
F6: Words in s. 72(4) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38(5)(b) (with arts. 28-31)
F7: Words in s. 72(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 38(5)(c) (with arts. 28-31)

Marginal citations

M1: 1979 NI 12.

Modifications

C1: S. 72(2) applied (18.3.2026) by 2005 c. 11, s. 28A(8) (as inserted by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 278(1))