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UK Law Reference
All sections of Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022
2022 c. 35, s.49

Section 49 — Regulations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2022-04-28

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.

(2) A power to make regulations under this Act includes power to make—

(a) incidental, transitional or saving provision;

(b) different provision for different purposes or for different areas.

(3) Where regulations under this Act are subject to “affirmative resolution procedure”, a statutory instrument containing the regulations (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(4) Where regulations under this Act are subject to “negative resolution procedure”, a statutory instrument containing the regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5) But regulations under this Act are not subject to negative resolution procedure (notwithstanding any other provision of this Act) if a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.