Section 57 | Regulations and orders.

(1)The power to make—

(a)regulations under section 2(1), 5, 23(8), 28 or 29 of this Act, or

(b)an order under section 9(10), 17(6), 25, 41(3) or 47(2) of this Act,

shall be exercisable by statutory rule, for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

(2)No regulations under section 23(8), 28 or 29 of this Act or order under section 47(2) of this Act shall be made unless a draft of the regulations or order has been laid before and approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(3)A statutory rule containing regulations under section 2(1) or 5 of this Act or an order under section 17(6), 25 or 41(3) of this Act shall be subject to negative resolution; and section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (meaning of “subject to negative resolution”) shall apply as if the power to make the regulations or order were conferred by a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.