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7. Insertion of new section 6A in the principal enactment

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The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 6 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 6A of that enactment:-

6A. (1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of any matter which is required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed.

(2)

Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation.

(3)

Every regulation made by the Minister, shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deem to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

(4)

Notification of the date on which any regulation is deemed to be rescinded under subsection (3) shall be published in the Gazette.