STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 7
Meaning of statutory instrument
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 7
Meaning of statutory instrument
(1) A
"statutory instrument" is an instrument that satisfies subsections (2) and (3)
.
(2) The instrument must be made under— (a) an Act; or
(b) another
statutory instrument; or
(c) power conferred by an Act or
statutory instrument and also under power conferred otherwise by law. Example
of paragraph (c)— an instrument made partly under an express or implied
statutory power and partly under the Royal Prerogative
(3) The instrument
must be of 1 of the following types— • a regulation
• an
order in council
• a rule
• a local law
• a by-law
• an ordinance
• a subordinate local law
• a statute
• a proclamation
• a
notification of a public nature
• a standard of a public nature
• a
guideline of a public nature
• another instrument of a public nature by
which the entity making the instrument unilaterally affects a right or
liability of another entity.
(4) However, to remove doubt, an Executive
Council minute is not itself a statutory instrument.