177 Orders and regulations (general provisions).N.I.
(1)[F1Subject to subsection (7)] Any power under this Act to make regulations or orders (except a power of F2. . . the court to make orders F3. . .) and the powers to make rules under sections 145(2) and 148(1) shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the M1Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
(2)Where a power conferred by this Act is expressed to be exercisable for alternative purposes it may be exercised in relation to the same case for any or all of those purposes.
(3)Any power to make regulations or an order for the purposes of any one provision of this Act shall be without prejudice to any power to make regulations or an order for the purposes of any other provision.
(4)Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations or an order shall include power to make such incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provision as appears to the authority making the regulations or order to be expedient for the purposes of the regulations or order.
(5)Subsection (4) has effect—
(a)in its application to regulations and orders made under the following provisions, namely Chapter I of Part IV, Part VIII so far as it applies for the purposes of Chapter I of Part IV, sections F4. . . 149(2), 154(1) to (5), 158, 159 F5. . . and 171, with the omission of the words “consequential or transitional”; and
(b)in its application to orders made under section 149(8), with the omission of the word “consequential”.
(6)Any power conferred on the Department by this Act to make any regulations or order (except [F6regulations under section 109B or] an order under section 149(8)), where the power is not expressed to be exercisable with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, shall if that Department so directs be exercisable only in conjunction with it.
(7)[F7Any power conferred on the Secretary of State to make regulations or orders (other than an order under section 162) is exercisable by statutory instrument, and subsections (2) to (4) and section 178(1) apply to regulations or orders made in exercise of any such power of the Secretary of State as they apply to regulations made by the Department.]
(8)[F8Any power] conferred on the Secretary of State F9. . . to make regulations [F10or orders] shall if the Treasury so direct be exercisable only in conjunction with them.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 177(1) inserted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(2); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2
F2Words in s. 177(1) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 147, 168, Sch. 3 para. 67(a), Sch. 5 Pt. III; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)
F3Words in s. 177(1) omitted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(2); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 and repealed (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(3), 24(3), Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2
F4Words in s. 177(5)(a) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 168, Sch. 5 Pt. IV; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)
F5Words in s. 177(5)(a) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 147, 168, Sch. 3 para. 67(b), Sch. 5 Pt. III; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)
F6Words in s. 177(6) inserted (15.3.2022) by Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c. 10), ss. 19(9), 37(2); S.R. 2022/107, art. 2(c)
F7S. 177(7) substituted (retrospective to 1.4.1999) by 1999 c. 30, s. 81, Sch. 11 para. 27(1)(2)
F8Words in s. 177(8) substituted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(4)(a); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2
F9S. 177(8): Words omitted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(4)(b); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 and words “under section 160” repealed (1.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(3), 24(3), Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2
F10Words in s. 177(8) inserted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 75(4)(c); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 177(2)-(4)(6) extended (12.2.2001 for specified purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 52, Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 15 (with s. 66(6)); S.R. 2000/374, art. 2(e) (and art. 2(e)(ii) was omitted by S.R. 2001/141, art. 3)
Marginal Citations