{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018/section-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018/section-96.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2018/9",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "section/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Regulation-making powers",
  "text": "(1) A power to make regulations conferred by this Act includes the power to make different provision for different purposes and areas.\n(2) Regulations under any of the following provisions are subject to the affirmative procedure: sections 11(2), 13(3), 22(1)(e), any section in Chapter 2 of Part 2, sections 51(1), 52(1), 52(2), 63(12), 79(1), 81(8), 82, 84A(1), 85(2)(g), 85(5), 85F(1), 86(1), 87A(1), 87B(5), 93(1), 93A(1), 94A(3), 94A(5), 94B(2), 94H(4), 94M(5), 94Q(9), 94T(1), 94U(1), 94V(1), 94W(1), 97(12), paragraph 4(2)(c) of schedule 1 and paragraph 3 of schedule 12.\n(3) Regulations under any of the following provisions are subject to the negative procedure: sections 41(4)(a) , 43(5), 49C(1), 69A(4)(a), 69C(6), 85B(5), 87B(4)(c), 87B(4)(d), 87C(1), 87C(4), 94C(4), 94C(8), 94C(9), 94N(7) and 94P(9) and paragraph 13(2) of schedule 1.\n(4) Regulations under section 95—\n(a) are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act (including this Act), but\n(b) otherwise are subject to the negative procedure.\n(5) Regulations under section 22(1)(e), which modify the functions of the Scottish Commission on Social Security, may not be made after the Commission is established unless the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Commission about the modification.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 96(2) substituted (24.1.2025) by Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 2), ss. 26(2)(a), 27(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 96(3) substituted (24.1.2025) by Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 2), ss. 26(2)(b), 27(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2020/18",
      "affecting_title": "Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2021/20",
      "affecting_title": "Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Act 2021"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/section/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:13.200385+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}