Commentary on Sections Section 18
42.This section requires that any orders under the Act must be made by statutory instrument. With the exception of an order under section 11(4) (orders approving payments to multilateral development banks) and an order commencing the Act, any order made by the Secretary of State is to be subject to the negative resolution procedure. Orders made by Scottish Ministers under section 9(5) are subject to annulment by the Scottish Parliament.