Part 4: General Section 129: Regulations and directions
This section sets out the procedure that applies where regulations, other than those listed at section 129(8), are made under this Act.
	Section 129(2) provides that scheme regulations made by the Lord Chancellor or the Treasury must be made by statutory instrument.
	Section 129(3) provides that a power or duty of a Northern Ireland department to make regulations is exercisable by statutory rule.
	Section 129(4) and (5) sets out the meaning of "affirmative procedure" and "negative procedure" in the relevant legislatures, and further procedural matters are dealt with by section 129(6) and (7). Section 129(9) confirms that directions given under this Act by the Treasury or the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland may be revoked or varied.