11. Regulations

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(1)

The Minister may make regulations under this

Act for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act or in respect of any matter required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are authorized by this Act to be made.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may make regulations in respect of the following :—

(a)

joint doctrine, training and professional military education;

(b)

the programmes and courses that may be conducted in institutions established for the conduct of military education ;

(c)

the establishment of databases and systems for collection, collation and storage of information relating to operations of the armed forces ;

(d)

policies for peace-keeping operations ;

(e)

guidelines for determining the terms and conditions applicable to personnel recruited on contractual basis to the office of the Chief of Defence Staff ;

(f)

qualifications of experts whose services may be obtained for the office of the Chief of Defence Staff ;

(g)

programmes and projects for human resources development within the office of the Chief of

Defence Staff.

(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 therein.

(4)

Every regulation shall, within three months of the publication of the same in the Gazette, be brought before

Parliament for approval. Any regulation that is not so approved by Parliament shall be deemed to be rescinded from the date of its disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

(5)

Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.

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