Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981

Orders and regulations.

4.—(1) The Minister may, in relation to any provision of this Act relating to notification (or confirmation of notification), vary by order any such provision.

(2) An order under this Act may contain such consequential, supplementary and ancillary provisions, including any provisions modifying any provision of this Act, as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

(3) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this Act, including an order under this subsection.

(4) Where an order is proposed to be made under this Act a draft of the order shall be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.

(5) Before making an order or regulations under this Act the Minister shall consult such organisations or other bodies of persons representative of employers and such organisations or other bodies of persons representative of trade unions or bodies analogous to trade unions as he considers appropriate.

(6) Every regulation made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the regulation.