A Northern Ireland department may not make regulations to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which fall within paragraph 5(2) unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which are within paragraph 5(4) are subject to negative resolution.

Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department to which this Part of this Schedule applies and to which neither sub-paragraph (1) nor sub-paragraph (2) applies are (if a draft of the regulations has not been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly) subject to negative resolution.

In this paragraph “subject to negative resolution” means subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if they were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.