STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 16 Modified application—s 27A STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 16 Modified application—s 27A 16 Modified application—s 27A For the purposes of applying section 27A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , omit subsection (12) and insert— ‘(12) If a statutory instrument authorises the delegation of a power, the power may be subdelegated only if the statutory instrument, or the Act under which the statutory instrument is made, expressly authorises the power to be subdelegated.’.