Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

217 Regulations U.K.

(1) A power to make regulations under any provision of this Act includes power to make—

(a) consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;

(b) different provision for different purposes.

(2) Regulations made by the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.

(3) For regulations made under this Act by the Scottish Ministers, see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (Scottish statutory instruments).

(4) Any power of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).

(5) A statutory instrument containing any of the following (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament—

(a) regulations under section 37;

(b) regulations under section 39;

(c) regulations under section 153, unless they are regulations under that section that only make provision that corresponds or is similar to provision made or capable of being made by a statutory instrument that is itself subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

(d) regulations under section 178;

(e) regulations under section 193;

(f) regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 197(1);

(g) regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 200(1);

(h) regulations under section 201(6) or (7);

(i) regulations under section 216 that amend or repeal provision made by an Act.

(6) Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(7) But subsection (6) does not apply to a statutory instrument that only contains regulations appointing the appointed day for the purposes of section 50.

(8) Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 197(1) or 200(1) are subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)).

(9) Regulations made by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland under section 197(1) or 200(1) may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(10) This section does not apply to regulations under sections 219 and 220.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 217 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 219(2)(a)