Part 3: General Section 20: Minor and consequential amendments
This Section confers on the Secretary of State a general power to make consequential provision in relation to any provision of the Act. The power includes power to amend primary legislation passed before the end of the Session in which the Act is passed. This power is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure in cases in which the power is exercised in relation to primary legislation (subsection (5)) and the negative resolution procedure in all other cases (subsection (6)).