26. 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, in particular in respect of all or any of the following matters:-

(a)

the issuance of guidelines to the Project Approving

Agencies;

(b)

the monitoring mechanisms and progress review processes on Sustainable Development Strategy implementation;

(c)

the sustainability standards and ecological foot print indicators;

(d)

the mechanisms for scoring or weighting projects;

(e)

the criteria for carrying out appropriate social and environmental audits;

(f)

the categories of development projects and complex projects; and

(g)

the mechanisms for review of requests for approval of complex projects by Project Approving Agencies.

(2)

Every regulation made by the Minister under subsection (1), shall after obtaining the approval of the

Cabinet of Ministers 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 under subsection (1) shall, within a period of three months from the date of 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 Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

(4)

Notification of the date on which any regulation shall be deemed to be so rescinded, shall be published in the

Gazette.

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