General and supplementalU.K.

22Power to amend Schedule 1U.K.

(1)The Secretary of State may amend Schedule 1 by order.

(2)A statutory instrument containing an order under this section is subject to affirmative resolution procedure, unless the only amendments to Schedule 1 that it makes are amendments within subsection (3).

In that case the instrument is subject to negative resolution procedure.

(3)An amendment is within this subsection if—

(a)it is consequential on a department or other body listed in Schedule 1 changing its name,

(b)in the case of an amendment adding a department or other body to Schedule 1, it is consequential on the transfer to the department or other body of functions all of which were previously exercisable by one or more organisations to which section 1 applies, or

(c)in the case of an amendment removing a department or other body from Schedule 1, it is consequential on—

(i)the abolition of the department or other body, or

(ii)the transfer of all the functions of the department or other body to one or more organisations to which section 1 applies.