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(1) The chairman of the Council may, in consultation with the Council, make regulations in respect of the following matters: -
| | (a) the remuneration to be paid to any of the members of the Council who are appointed by the Prime Minister and to the additional deputy chairman of the Council; | | |
| | (b) the engagement of person otherwise than as public officers to perform any work for the Council or the Planning Secretariat; | | |
| | (c) any matter connected with the exercise or discharge of the powers and functions of the Council or the Planning Secretariat. | | |
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(2) All regulations made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on a date specified in the regulations or, if no date is so specified, upon such publication, and shall, as soon as practicable after their publication in the Gazette, be brought before the Senate and the House of Representatives for approval. Where any regulation is not approved either by the Senate or by the House of Representatives, it shall be deemed to be rescinded and the rescission shall take effect on the date on which the regulation is not approved. |
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(3) The validity of anything done under a regulation shall not be affected by the subsequent rescission of the regulation under subsection (2). |
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(4) Notification of the date on which the rescission of a regulation under subsection (2) takes effect shall be published in the Gazette. |
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