(1)The Secretary of State may by order make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as he thinks appropriate—
(a)for the general purposes, or any particular purpose, of this Act; or
(b)in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act or for giving full effect to it.
(2)An order under this section may—
(a)modify any Act or subordinate legislation (including this Act);
(b)make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(3)The power to make an order under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4)The power conferred by this section is not restricted by any other provision of this Act.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 277 applied (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 389(2)-(4), 411(2)(3) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3(3), 11)
C2S. 277: power to modify extended (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 170(2)(a), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]