Factories Act, 1955

Provisions as to regulations, orders and certificates of the Minister.

99.—(1) Every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the resolution is passed by either House, within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation has been laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

(2) The provisions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act shall apply to regulations which are referred to in this Act as special regulations.

(3) Any regulations or order made by the Minister under this Act may be made for a limited period or without limit of period and may be made subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and may contain such supplemental and consequential provisions as he considers necessary for giving full effect to the regulations or order and may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, be varied or revoked by subsequent regulations or by a subsequent order made in like manner as the original regulations or order.

(4) Any certificate issued by the Minister under this Act may be issued for a limited period or without limit of period and may be varied or revoked by the Minister.