Section 56 | Orders and reports.

(1)Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under section 39(1) or section 59(5) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)The power of the Department to make regulations under section 28 or an order under section . . .26(6A) or 49(3) shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.^F1F2F3F4

(3)For the purpose of laying before the Northern Ireland Assembly—

(a)a draft of an order under section 49(3); or

(b)a report under section 54(2); or

(c)the Commission’s annual report,^F5

section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (laying of statutory documents) shall have effect as if the draft order and the reports were statutory documents within the meaning of that Act.