170Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make—
(a)such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, or
(b)such transitory, transitional or saving provision,
as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in consequence of or for giving full effect to, any provision of this Act.
(2)Regulations under this section may in particular—
(a)provide for any provision of this Act which comes into force before another provision (of this or any other Act or in subordinate legislation) has come into force to have effect, until that other provision has come into force, with specified modifications;
(b)amend, repeal or revoke any provision of—
(i)an Act passed before or in the same Session as this Act, or
(ii)subordinate legislation made before the passing of this Act.
(3)Nothing in this section limits the powers conferred by section 166(6)(c) or 173(8)(c).
(4)The amendments that may be made by virtue of subsection (2)(b) are in addition to those that are made by any other provision of this Act.
(5)In this section “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).