Section 156 | Regulations

(1)Any power of the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)For provision about the making of regulations under this Act by the Scottish Ministers, see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (which provides for such regulations to be made by Scottish statutory instrument).

(3)Regulations under this Act may—

(a)make different provision for different purposes or different areas;

(b)contain supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision.

(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to regulations under section 159 (see instead subsection (4) of that section).

(5)Where regulations under this Act are subject to the “negative resolution procedure”—

(a)in the case of regulations of the Secretary of State, the statutory instrument containing the regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

(b)in the case of regulations of the Welsh Ministers, the statutory instrument containing the regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru;

(c)in the case of regulations of the Scottish Ministers, the regulations are subject to the negative procedure (see section 28 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)).

(6)Where regulations under this Act are subject to the “affirmative resolution procedure”—

(a)in the case of regulations of the Secretary of State, the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;

(b)in the case of regulations of the Welsh Ministers, the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru;

(c)in the case of regulations of the Scottish Ministers, the regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)).

(7)Any provision that may be included by a person in an instrument under this Act subject to the negative resolution procedure may be made by the person by regulations subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.