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PART IV, GENERAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY - continued

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  CHAPTER II
  SUPPLEMENTARY
Subordinate legislation.     65. - (1) This section applies to any power conferred by this Act on the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State to make regulations, rules or an order.
 
      (2) The power, unless it is a power to make an order under section 19, 20 or 23, shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
 
      (3) The power may be exercised so as to make different provision for different purposes or different areas.
 
      (4) The power includes power to make-
 
 
    (a) any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, and
 
    (b) any transitory, transitional or saving provision,
       which the Minister exercising the power considers necessary or expedient.
 
      (5) An order-
 
 
    (a) making any provision by virtue of section 10, 25(2), 34(13), 52(5) or 59(2), or
 
    (b) making any provision by virtue of section 66(2) which adds to, replaces or omits any part of the text of an Act,
       may only be made if a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
 
      (6) Any other statutory instrument made in exercise of a power to which this section applies shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
 
      (7) Subsection (6) does not apply to a statutory instrument containing an order-
 
 
    (a) revoking an order made by virtue of section 10, or
 
    (b) made by virtue only of section 69.
Supplementary and consequential provision, etc.     66. - (1) The Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State may by order make-
 
 
    (a) any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision,
 
    (b) any transitory, transitional or saving provision,
       which he considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in consequence of or for giving full effect to any provision of this Act.
 
      (2) The provision which may be made under subsection (1) includes provision amending or repealing any enactment, instrument or document.
 
General interpretation.     67. In this Act-
 
 
    "community order" has the meaning given by section 33 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,
 
    "enactment" includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978),
 
    "functions" includes powers and duties,
 
    "local board" has the meaning given by section 4.
Expenses.     68. There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament-
 
 
    (a) any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this Act,
 
    (b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment.
Commencement.     69. - (1) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
 
      (2) Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes.
 
      (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to-
 
 
    (a) sections 19 to 22,
 
    (b) this Chapter.
Extent.     70. - (1) Subject to the following provisions, this Act extends to England and Wales only.
 
      (2) Sections 25 to 32, so far as they relate to the making of orders by, or orders made by, courts-martial or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
 
      (3) Sections 33, 34 and 60 extend to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
 
      (4) Section 37 extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
 
      (5) So far as section 54 relates to sentences passed by a court-martial, subsection (1) does not apply.
 
      (6) The amendment or repeal by Schedule 6 or 7 of an enactment extending to Scotland or Northern Ireland extends also to Scotland or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland.
 
      (7) Paragraph 55 of Schedule 6 extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
 
Short title.     71. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.
 
 
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