Justice Bill

Closes 21 Mar 2025

Clause 31: Further Provision

Clause 31 provides the Department of Justice with delegated powers to make any supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision regulations considered necessary to give effect to the provisions of the Bill and specifies the Assembly control to be applied to any such regulations.

Clause 31

Further provision

31.—(1) The Department of Justice may by regulations make⁠—

      (a)  such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision;

      (b)  such transitory, transitional or saving provision,

as it considers appropriate for the general purposes, or any particular purpose, of this Act, or in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision made by this Act.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may amend, repeal, revoke or otherwise modify any statutory provision (including this Act).

(3) Regulations under subsection (1)⁠—

      (a)  except where they amend primary legislation, are subject to negative resolution;

      (b)  if they amend primary legislation, may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

(4) In subsection (3) “primary legislation” means⁠—

      (a)  any Northern Ireland legislation;

      (b)  any Act of Parliament.

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