Commentary on provisions of Act Section 17: Regulations
This section makes provision for the regulations that may be made by the Secretary of State under the Act. Where the Act confers a power to make regulations, that power is exercisable by statutory instrument.
	Subsection (3) provides that the Secretary of State must consult Scottish Ministers before making regulations under section (2)(1)(v) specifying additional categories of appropriate officers empowered to apply for overseas production order in Scotland.
	A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 4(1)(b) (which provides the power to specify additional requirements which must be satisfied before an overseas production order may be made must be laid in draft and approved by each House of Parliament before being made (i.e., is subject to the draft affirmative procedure).
	Any other statutory instrument containing regulations made under the Act (other than commencement regulations made under section 20), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (i.e. is subject to the negative resolution procedure).