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| (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act, |
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| (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the Minister may make regulations for or in respect of ill or any of the following matters :-
| | (a) all matters stated or required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are authorized by this Act to be made ; and | | |
| | (b) the regulation of the standards of exportable goods of any specified class or description. | | |
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| (3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation. |
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| (4) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be brought before the Senate and the House of Representatives within a period of one month from the date of the publication of that regulation under sub-section (3), or, if no meeting is held within that period, at the first meeting after the expiry of that period, by a motion that such regulation shall be approved. |
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| (5) Any regulation which the Senate or the House of Representatives refuses to approve shall be deemed to be rescinded but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of any new regulation. The date on which such regulation shall be deemed to be rescinded shall be the date on which the Senate or the House of Representatives refuses to approve the regulation. |
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| (6) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.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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| (7) Any regulation made by the Minister shall, when approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, be as valid and effectual as if it were herein enacted. Notification of such approval shall be published in the Gazette. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts