Commentary on Sections Regulations and orders Section 316: Parliamentary control of subordinate legislation
1299.Subsection (2) provides that regulations made under the provisions specified in subsection (2) attract the affirmative resolution procedure of Parliamentary control. This means that such regulations may not come into force until they have been approved by both Houses of Parliament.
1300.The powers listed in subsection (3), which are powers to appoint commencement dates, are not subject to any parliamentary procedure. The exercise of the remaining powers under the Act will attract the negative resolution procedure. This means that regulations and orders (apart from commencement orders) made under those powers may come into force subject to annulment pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.