Harbours Act, 1996
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Regulations, orders and directions. |
3.—(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or for the purposes of enabling any provision of this Act to have full effect. | |
(2) An order or regulation made by the Minister under this Act (other than an order made by the Minister under section 1 (2), 7 (2), 43 , 74 (1), 86 or 87 or paragraph 2 or 7 of the Fourth Schedule ) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling such order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the order or regulation is laid before it, the order or regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. | ||
(3) Where it is proposed to make an order under section 43 , 86 or 87 or an order amending or revoking such an order, the Minister shall cause a draft of the order to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made unless a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House. | ||
(4) (a) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order made by him or her under this Act (other than an order under section 1 (2) or 7 (2) but including an order under this paragraph). | ||
(b) The Minister may by direction amend or revoke a direction given by him or her under this Act (including a direction under this paragraph). | ||
(c) An order or direction under this subsection shall be made or given in the like manner and its making or giving shall be subject to the like (if any) consents and conditions as the order or direction that it is amending or revoking. | ||
(5) If in any respect any difficulty arises in bringing any provision of this Act into operation or in relation to the operation of any such provision, the Minister may by regulations do anything which appears to him or her to be necessary or expedient for removing that difficulty, for bringing that provision into operation, or for securing or facilitating its operation, and any such regulations may modify any provision of this or any other enactment so far as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes aforesaid but no regulations may be made under this subsection in relation to a provision of this Act after the expiration of 2 years from the commencement of that provision. |