39. Regulations

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(1)

The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act.

(2)

In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:—

(a)

for prescribing the terms, conditions, limits of any restrictions imposed in respect of any matter for which regulations are required or authorized to be made by this Act;

(b)

for adding any item to, or deleting any item from, or altering, varying or amending in any other manner any of the Schedules;

(c)

for specifying—

(i)

the persons to whom, the circumstances in which, and the terms and conditions subject to which, approval under this Act may be granted or refused; and

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(ii)

the manner and the form in which a request for approval under this Act may be made and dealt with ;

(d)

generally for all matters incidental to or connected with the matters or subjects mentioned in this subsection.

(3)

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 such regulation.

(4)

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 Any regulation which is not so approved, shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

(5)

A Notification of the date of disapproval shall be published in the Gazette.

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