Commentary on provisions of Act Section 12: Regulations - procedure
Section 12 sets out the procedure applicable to the various regulation-making powers contained in the Act. Regulations made under section 9 (International obligations in respect of CEDAW) will be subject to the made affirmative procedure which requires that they must be approved by Parliament within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which they are made. Regulations under sections 8 and 10 (same sex marriage and opposite sex civil partnership and victims’ payments) are subject to the negative procedure.