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Social Security Act 1973

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As published

96 Orders and regulations (general provisions).

(1) Any power under this Act to make regulations or an order . . . . . . . . . shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (2) Except in so far as this Act otherwise provides, any power conferred thereby to make . . . regulations or an order may be exercised— (a) either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified cases or classes of case; (b) so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which it is exercised— (i) the full provision to which the power extends or any less provision (whether by way of exception or otherwise), (ii) the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provision for different cases or different classes of case or different provision as respects the same case or class of case for different purposes of this Act, (iii) any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition, and where such a power is expressed to be exercisable for alternative purposes it may be exercised in relation to the same case for any or all of those purposes; and any power to make . . . regulations or an order for the purposes of any one provision of this Act shall be without prejudice to any power to make regulations or an order for the purposes of any other provision. (3) Without prejudice to any specific provision in this Act, any power conferred by this Act to make . . . , regulations or an order shall include power to make thereby such incidental or supplementary provision as appears to . . . the authority making the regulations or order . . . to be expedient for the purposes of the . . . regulations or order. (4) Any power conferred by this Act to make . . . an order shall include power to vary or revoke any such . . . order shall include power to vary or revoke any such . . . order by a subsequent . . . order. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Any power conferred on the Secretary of State . . . by any provision of this Act . . . to make any regulations or order, where the power is not expressed to be exercisable with the consent of the Treasury, shall if the Treasury so direct be exercisable only in conjunction with them. (7), (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your change, as a redline

96 Orders and regulations (general provisions).

(1) Any power under this Act to make regulations or an order . . . . . . . . . shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (2) Except in so far as this Act otherwise provides, any power conferred thereby to make . . . regulations or an order may be exercised— (a) either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified cases or classes of case; (b) so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which it is exercised— (i) the full provision to which the power extends or any less provision (whether by way of exception or otherwise), (ii) the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provision for different cases or different classes of case or different provision as respects the same case or class of case for different purposes of this Act, (iii) any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition, and where such a power is expressed to be exercisable for alternative purposes it may be exercised in relation to the same case for any or all of those purposes; and any power to make . . . regulations or an order for the purposes of any one provision of this Act shall be without prejudice to any power to make regulations or an order for the purposes of any other provision. (3) Without prejudice to any specific provision in this Act, any power conferred by this Act to make . . . , regulations or an order shall include power to make thereby such incidental or supplementary provision as appears to . . . the authority making the regulations or order . . . to be expedient for the purposes of the . . . regulations or order. (4) Any power conferred by this Act to make . . . an order shall include power to vary or revoke any such . . . order shall include power to vary or revoke any such . . . order by a subsequent . . . order. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Any power conferred on the Secretary of State . . . by any provision of this Act . . . to make any regulations or order, where the power is not expressed to be exercisable with the consent of the Treasury, shall if the Treasury so direct be exercisable only in conjunction with them. (7), (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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